Leaf Color Range

Also known as the “American linden,” this handsome shade and street tree is the northernmost of the basswood trees. When the tree is in flower, masses of bees can be seen around it so that it is often called the “beetree.” Its wood is light and soft, making it ideal for food boxes, model building, furniture, yardsticks, carving and pulpwood. Indians also wove mats and ropes from the fibrous inner bark.
Height: 60’-100’
Leaves: 4”-8” long and almost as wide. Alternate, simple. Broadly oval or rounded; long-pointed at the tip; coarsely saw-toothed. Shiny dark green above; light green and nearly hairless beneath, turning pale yellow or brown in autumn.
Habitat: Uplands and valleys with moist soils; also in hardwood forests from Manitoba to Maine; south to Florida and west to Texas.