Tilia americana Linnaeus var. caroliniana (P. Miller) Castiglioni. Section: Tilia. Subsection: Lindnera. Common name: Southern Basswood, Carolina Basswood. Phenology: (Apr-) Jun-Jul; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Mesic forests, in the outer Coastal Plain usually associated with shell deposits, Indian shell middens, or underlying coquina limestone ("marl"). Distribution: NC south to c. peninsular FL and west to OK and c. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Pigott (2012) splits this entity into two taxa, each recognized at subspecific rank under T. caroliniana.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl4, K4, NcTx, NS, WH3, Hardin (1990), McCarthy (2012); < Tilia americana L. — FNA6, POWO; > Tilia caroliniana Mill. — RAB, S, Tx, (basionym); > Tilia caroliniana Mill. ssp. caroliniana — Pigott (2012); > Tilia caroliniana Mill. ssp. floridana (Small) A.E.Murray — Pigott (2012); > Tilia floridana Small — F, RAB, S, S13, Tx; > Tilia georgiana Sarg. — S; > Tilia leptophylla (Vent.) Small — S13; > Tilia leucocarpa Ashe; > Tilia littoralis Sarg. — S; > Tilia pubescens Aiton — S13
Links to other floras: < Tilia americana - FNA6
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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