Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/6-89
Notes:
This tree grows right in front of the entrance to Frist Hall (adjacent to Godchaux). It is on your right as you face the entrance.
White basswood has leaves with very uneven leaf bases and a single-toothed margin. It is distinguished from American basswood by the hairs on the lower surface of the leaves which can give the lower surface a whitish appearance. However, the amount of hairiness is variable and it is often not easy to determine whether a particular tree is a white basswood or an American basswood. Some taxonomists do not recognize white basswood as a separate species and call it a subspecies of American basswood.
Basswoods have very distinctive flowers and fruits. They hang in a cluster below a leaf-like bract. Bees love the basswood flowers and some say that basswood honey has the best flavor. In the fall and winter, basswood buds have a very distinctive look and in the wild, large basswood trees often have sprouts surrounding the base of the tree.
White basswood has leaves with very uneven leaf bases and a single-toothed margin. It is distinguished from American basswood by the hairs on the lower surface of the leaves which can give the lower surface a whitish appearance. However, the amount of hairiness is variable and it is often not easy to determine whether a particular tree is a white basswood or an American basswood. Some taxonomists do not recognize white basswood as a separate species and call it a subspecies of American basswood.
Basswoods have very distinctive flowers and fruits. They hang in a cluster below a leaf-like bract. Bees love the basswood flowers and some say that basswood honey has the best flavor. In the fall and winter, basswood buds have a very distinctive look and in the wild, large basswood trees often have sprouts surrounding the base of the tree.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier old-6-89.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Remarks:Cut down in 2018 when the School of Nursing addition was built
Identifications:
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
L.
sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991
common name: American basswood
family: Tiliaceae
Identified 2002-04-22 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14516°, -86.80042°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2001-11-19
2002-04-22
2002-06-04
2002-09-16
2002-10-02
2014-09-03
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 | whole tree (or vine) - general |
 | twig - orientation of petioles |
 | leaf - unspecified |
 | leaf - unspecified |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
 | inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
 | inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
 | inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
 | inflorescence - frontal view of flower |
 | fruit - as borne on the plant |
 | fruit - lateral or general close-up |