The linden tree frequently has two or more trunks and vigorously sprouts from stumps as well as seed. American basswood is an important timber tree, especially in the Great Lakes States. It is the northernmost basswood species. The soft, light wood has many uses as wood products. The tree is also well known as a honey or bee-tree, and the seeds and twigs are eaten by wildlife. It is commonly planted as a shade tree in urban areas of the eastern states where it is called American linden.
Alfred Joyce Kilmer and His Memorial Forest
By Steve Nix, About.com Guide
American basswood is a large and rapid-growing tree of eastern and central North America and a major component of the Joyce Kilmer forest. Notice the prolific sprouting and heart-shaped leaves off a hollow tree on a Joyce Kilmer Memorial forest trail.
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- Alfred Joyce Kilmer
- Kilmer's "Trees"
- The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
- The Little Santeetlah Creek Watershed
- A Joyce Kilmer Yellow Poplar
- The Joyce Kilmer Eastern Hemlock
- The Joyce Kilmer Sweet Birch
- The Joyce Kilmer American Chestnut
- The Joyce Kilmer Basswood
- The Joyce Kilmer American Beech
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