American basswood
NativeTilia americana
Mallow (Malvaceae) · Other broadleaf · 60–80 ft
Knowing it
Big lopsided heart-shaped leaves and fragrant June flowers that hum with bees. Moist slopes and bottoms, more common north and east.
What a tree company sees
Soft wood; multiple trunks from old stumps split apart. Pruning weak forks early pays off.
Recorded in 77 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Barry County
- Bates County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Daviess County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Holt County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Nodaway County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Schuyler County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.