. Common forest trees of North Carolina : how to know them; a pocket manual. Trees -- North Carolina; Trees. ^â ^^='<^^' LINDEN, OR BASSWOOD {Tilia species) THE lindens, basswoods or lins, are a grouii of forest trees distinctive, yet as a group so simi- lar that they are being considered together. They grow chiefly in the mountains, where they are com- mon and valuable timber trees, attaining heights of 80 feet and diameters of i feet. The bark is light brown, deeply furrowed, and is often peeled for making rough camp buildings. The inner bark furnishes bast for making mats. The leaves are
. Common forest trees of North Carolina : how to know them; a pocket manual. Trees -- North Carolina; Trees. ^â ^^='<^^' LINDEN, OR BASSWOOD {Tilia species) THE lindens, basswoods or lins, are a grouii of forest trees distinctive, yet as a group so simi- lar that they are being considered together. They grow chiefly in the mountains, where they are com- mon and valuable timber trees, attaining heights of 80 feet and diameters of i feet. The bark is light brown, deeply furrowed, and is often peeled for making rough camp buildings. The inner bark furnishes bast for making mats. The leaves are more or less heart- shaped, 3 to 6 inches long, thin, saw-toothed, smooth on both sides in some species, but woolly on the under sur- face of others. The flowers are yellowish white, in drooping clus- ters opening in early summer, and the flower-stem is united to the mid- dle of a long, nar- row, leaf-like bract. They are very fragrant and from them the bees make large amounts of choice- grade honey. The fruit is a berry-like, dry, 1 or 2 seeded and rounded pod, one-quarter to one-half an inch in diameter, covered with short, thick and brownish wool. It remains attached in clusters to the leafy bract, which later acts as a wing to bear it away on the wind. The wood is light, soft, tough, not durable, light brown in color. It is used in the manufacture of pulp, wooden ware, furniture, trunks, excelsior and manv other LINDEN, OK BASSWOOD Leaf, one-third natural size. Twig, one-half natural size. 68. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original North Carolina. Dept. of Conservation and Development; Holmes, J. S. (John Simcox), 1868-1958. Chapel Hill, N. C. : North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
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