Tilia species

 

CLASSIFICATION Deciduous broadleaf

HABIT/SIZE Large to medium tree with a pyramid shape

LEAVES Simple; alternate; four to eight inches long; heart-shaped with oblique base; margin coarsely-toothed; dark green above and lighter green on the underside

FLOWER Five-petaled yellow flowers in pendulous clusters (cymes); fragrant

FRUIT/SEED/CONE Dry nutlets with a long, strap-like bract

BARK Gray; ridged and furrowed

 

A close-up of the pea-like pods and yellow flowers of the linden    

A large pyramid shaped medium green linden tree

The gray, ridged and furrowed bark of the linden tree    

A close-up of a linden's dry nutlets with a long, strap-like bract