Littleleaf Linden Tree
By Mary Kinnick, SGNA Tree Team
The Linden tree is the most populous street tree in our neighborhood. This article focuses on the Littleleaf Linden, native to Europe. They can grow 50-70 ft. tall and wide. See if you can find one! I use an App called “Picture This” to help me ID trees. Urban Forestry recommends creating greater diversity of tree species in our neighborhoods. This is a goal for the Gulch as well.
Here are some of the good features of this tree:
- Shade
- Tolerance for city conditions (including pollution)
- Non-toxic to humans and pets
- Heart shaped leaves (pale yellow clusters) that give Fall color (yellow-green to yellow-brown)
- Disease resistant
- Its fine-grained wood is sought out by carvers and furniture makers
- A nectar source for bees
- The fragrant flowers can produce a richly flavored honey prized by bee keeping communities
- Its leaves and flowers can wave beautifully in the wind.
Possible challenging features:
- Sensitive to road salt
- Can be affected by Japanese beetles and aphids
- Litter from messy flowers and seeds
- Wrong use of insecticides can contribute to bumble bee deaths
JOIN US! The Tree Team meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7pm at Holladay Park Plaza, Club Room with the next on Jan. 12th.
For information contact Mary Kinnick at treeteam@sullivansgulch.org.
Note: information for this article came from a variety of sources