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An individual instance of Tilia americana (American basswood)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/13-427
Notes:
This tree is in front of the 1110 19th Ave.S. building, just to the right of the steps leading up from the sidewalk. This particular tree is the largest basswood tree in the arboretum. It has an impressive diameter of 125 cm (49 in.), height of 21 m (69 ft.), and crown spread of 19 m (63 ft.).
Baswood trees can be recognized by their flowers and fruits, which hang below a somewhat odd leaf-shaped bract.
Baswood trees can be recognized by their flowers and fruits, which hang below a somewhat odd leaf-shaped bract.
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http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/13-427.htm
This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 9-4.
This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Tilia americana
L.
sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991
common name: American basswood
family: Tiliaceae
Identified 2014-08-27 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
west of 1110 19th, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14489°, -86.79736°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2014-08-26
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