{"id":705,"date":"2017-04-18T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2017-06-30T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T20:08:53","slug":"american-basswood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/tree-id\/leafy-trees\/american-basswood\/","title":{"rendered":"American Basswood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-705\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-705-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-705-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-705-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Scientific Name:<em>\u00a0Tilia americana<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-705-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-705-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-705-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-705-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-705\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tiam_002_lvp-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tiam_002_lvp-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tiam_002_lvp-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"An American Basswood Tree\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\">An American Basswood Tree<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-705-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div id=\"pl-w5908d84868a58\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w5908d84868a58-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w5908d84868a58-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w5908d84868a58-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/AMERICAN_BASSWOOD_leaves-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" title=\"American Basswood Leaves\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\">American Basswood Leaves<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-w5908d84868a58-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w5908d84868a58-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/800px-American_Linden_bark_detail-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" title=\"American Basswood Bark\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\">American Basswood Bark<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-705-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-705-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Identification<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Contains green leaves that are 5 to 6 inches long<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Leaves are unevenly heart-shaped<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Bark on young trees: very fibrous, smooth, gray-green,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Bark on older trees: ridged, gray-brown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Creamy yellow flowers during blooming season<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Overall tree size ranges from 60\u00a0to 80 feet\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Can grow as a multi-stemmed tree or with a single-stemmed trunk<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Status<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Native<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Interesting Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Used to make boxes, toys and drawing boards<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Inner bark is a source of fiber for ropes and fishnets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Strongly vulnerable to <a href=\"http:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/climate-impact\/ice-storms\/\">ice damage<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Often used as a shade tree<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Early tribes carved ritual masks on the trees<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-705-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-705-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-705-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">American basswood. (2016). Retrieved April 3, 2017, from Virginia Tech: Invent the future website: <a href=\"http:\/\/dendro.cnre.vt.edu\/dendrology\/syllabus\/factsheet.cfm?ID=88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/dendro.cnre.vt.edu\/dendrology\/syllabus\/factsheet.cfm?ID=88<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">American basswood. (2017). Retrieved April 3, 2017, from The Morton Arboretum website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortonarb.org\/trees-plants\/tree-plant-descriptions\/american-basswood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.mortonarb.org\/trees-plants\/tree-plant-descriptions\/american-basswood<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nessom, G. (2002, June 19). <em>BASSWOOD: Tilia americana L.<\/em> Retrieved April 3, 2017, from <a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plantguide\/pdf\/cs_tiam.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plantguide\/pdf\/cs_tiam.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">TWC Staff. (2014, March 27). Plant database. Retrieved April 3, 2017, from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=TIAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=TIAM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Image Credits<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">An American Basswood Tree:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/java\/largeImage?imageID=tiam_002_avp.tif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"<em>Tilia<\/em> <em>americana<\/em> L. - American basswood\"<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database \/ Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. <cite>North Dakota tree handbook<\/cite>. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">American Basswood Leaves:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/detail.cfm?imgnum=0008299\">\"<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/detail.cfm?imgnum=0008299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American basswood (<em>Tilia<\/em> <em>americana<\/em>)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/detail.cfm?imgnum=0008299\">\"<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/autimages.cfm?aut=1737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Wray<\/a>, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org, licensed under \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/us\/legalcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-NC\u00a03.0 License<\/a>.\u00a0Image cropped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">American Basswood Bark:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:American_Linden_bark_detail.jpg#\/media\/File:American_Linden_bark_detail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"American Linden bark detail\"<\/a>\u00a0by MONGO, licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public domain<\/a>. Image cropped.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Name:\u00a0Tilia americana \u00a0IdentificationContains green leaves that are 5 to 6 inches longLeaves are unevenly heart-shapedBark on young trees: very fibrous, smooth, gray-green,Bark on older trees: ridged, gray-brownCreamy yellow flowers during blooming seasonOverall tree size ranges from 60\u00a0to 80 feet\u00a0Can grow as a multi-stemmed tree or with a single-stemmed trunkStatusNativeInteresting FactsUsed to make boxes, toys and drawing boardsInner bark is a source of fiber for ropes and fishnetsStrongly vulnerable to ice damageOften used as a shade treeEarly tribes carved ritual masks on the trees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":199,"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3849,"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions\/3849"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/crandallparktrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}