Tilia cordata
Littleleaf Linden

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Flowers are fragrant, but inconspicuous; appear on cymes in summer; flower bract is of visual interest; attract bees)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Handsome deep green summer foliage); Brown (Poor brown fall foliage, sometimes can achieve an attractive soft yellow)
 Fruit Notes:
Gray (Nutlet with bract)
 Ultimate Height:
60-90 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
30-50 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained, fertile, and alkaline soils, but is widely adaptable
 Range:
Europe
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
The heart-shaped leaves are alternate, simple, 1.5-3" long, finely serrated, and cordate at base. The 1.5-3.5" long, pale greenish-yellow bracts have 5 to 6 nutlets each.

Additional Information

Never colorful, but a good shade tree that is well-adapted to most city conditions and relatively troublefree. Functions as a small tree for many years. Japanese beetles can feed heavily on foliage beginning in mid-summer.

48 Tilia cordata found

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Number Accession ID Location
1ORIG_6441*ALSA
2ORIG_4108*ACARY
3ORIG_4326*ATARK
4ORIG_2876*ALAMB
5ORIG_4120*ACARY
6ORIG_4324*ATARK
7ORIG_5584*APVA
82013_00326*AHORTPARK
92013_00324*AHORTPARK
102013_00681*AHORTPARK
11ORIG_6442*ALSA
12ORIG_4089*ACARY
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13ORIG_4090*ACARY
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14ORIG_0060*AMRPK
152009_13479*AHORTPARK
16ORIG_4079*ACARY
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17ORIG_3730*AHLTP
18ORIG_8209*AAGAD
19ORIG_4077*ACARY
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20ORIG_4078*ACARY
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21ORIG_4230*AOWEN
22ORIG_6176*APVA
23ORIG_2877*ALAMB
242013_00325*AHORTPARK
25ORIG_4118*ACARY
26ORIG_4414*AWILY
27ORIG_4107*ACARY
28ORIG_7154*AYONG
29ORIG_1842*AHAMP
30ORIG_5083*ASCPA
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31ORIG_5081*ASCPA
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32ORIG_9648*ASPKL
332013_00327*AHORTPARK
34ORIG_2879*ALAMB
35ORIG_4105*ACARY
36ORIG_4091*ACARY
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37ORIG_8178*AENAD
38ORIG_4121*ACARY
39ORIG_3727*AHLTP
40ORIG_0083*AMRPK
41ORIG_5098*ASCPA
42ORIG_6159*APVA
43ORIG_7715*ARSC
44ORIG_4123*ACARY
Heritage Plant
45ORIG_4182*AOWEN
46ORIG_1857*ARHPH
47ORIG_6175*APVA
482023_00126*AELLT

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