What animals eat basswood?

Wildlife Value: The flowers of the basswood tree provide abundant nectar for insects. The seeds are eaten by chipmunks, mice, squirrels, and songbirds. Rabbits and voles eat the bark, and the leaves serve as food for various caterpillars.

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Botanical Name:

Tilia americana

Family Name:

Tiliaceae / Linden

Description:

The American basswood aka the American linden, is a fast-growing tree that can live for 200 years. It is among the largest trees of eastern and central North America. It can be planted in urban areas or as a shade tree in residential areas so long as it has enough space. It is an important lumber species in the Great Lakes States.

Size:

60-80’

Habitat and Range:

The basswood is native to the north eastern part of the United States and some southeastern parts of Canada. It likes rich, wet soils and is often found growing along creeks and streams but will tolerate short periods of drought.

Attributes:

The American basswood is beautiful and large with an oval canopy mounted on a tall, straight trunk. In June, clusters of yellow blooms provide a delightful aroma that attracts bees and people. The resulting seeds are in a hard, dry, hairy, nutlike fruit. Summer produces heart shaped, thick, green leaves while winter stems and buds are bright red.

Wildlife Value:

The flowers of the basswood tree provide abundant nectar for insects. The seeds are eaten by chipmunks, mice, squirrels, and songbirds. Rabbits and voles eat the bark, and the leaves serve as food for various caterpillars. The wide canopy is also an excellent shelter for many critters.

Did you Know?

• The Basswood wood is very soft and light and is therefore one of the most suitable wood for hand carving. • The Iroquois nation traditionally carved ceremonial masks from the sapwood of the tree, used the gummy inner bark for bandages, and wove rope from the dried fibers of the inner bark. • Beekeepers may appreciate the strong-flavored nectar provided by the tree’s fragrant flowers. Benefits to Our Community (based on carbon dioxide sequestered, storm water runoff avoided, and air pollution removed each year): Over the next 15 years, this tree will give back $4,155 worth of benefits to our community.

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How do I identify a basswood?

American basswood (Tilia americana) Bark is light gray, smooth; becoming dark gray with shallow, vertical ridges. Simple, alternate on stem, length 3 to 6 inches, nearly as wide, heart shaped, saw toothed, sharp pointed at tip; at maturity thick, shiny, green above, paler underneath, turns yellow to orange in autumn. More items...

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Click on the images help you identify an American basswood.

Form

Height 60' to 80', diameter 12" to 36"; trunk often continues straight into top of dense rounded crown.

Bark

Light gray, smooth; becoming dark gray with shallow, vertical ridges.

Leaf

Simple, alternate on stem, length 3" to 6", nearly as wide, heart shaped, saw toothed, sharp pointed at tip; at maturity thick, shiny, green above, paler underneath, turns yellow to orange in autumn.

Fruit (seed)

Rounded, nutlike drupe covered with short, thick, brownish wool, attached in clusters to a leafy bract that later acts as a wing to carry seeds away on the wind; fruit often hangs on tree long into winter. Flowers are fragrant, and from them honey is made by bees. Difficult to propagate from seed.

Range

Common throughout the state except in the extreme northeastern part; grows chiefly on rich, water-deposited soil; shade tolerant.

Wood uses

Light, soft, tough, not durable, light brown with scarcely distinguishable sapwood; used for carving and in the manu-facture of paper pulp, wooden ware, furniture, trunks, crating, drawing boards, kegs, barrel heads, and lumber. Basswood trees are recommended for ornamental plantings.

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