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'''''Tilia tomentosa''''' ('''Silver Lime''' in the UK and Silver Linden in the US) is a species of ''[[Tilia]]'' native to southeastern [[Europe]] and southwestern [[Asia]], from [[Hungary]] and the [[Balkans]] east to western [[Turkey]], occurring at moderate altitudes.<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref><ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Tilia+&SPECIES_XREF=tomentosa&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Tilia tomentosa'']</ref> It is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate, 4-13 cm long and broad with a 2.5–4 cm petiole, green and mostly hairless above, densely white tomentose with white hairs below, and with a coarsely toothed margin. The [[flower]]s are pale yellow, [[plant sexuality|hermaphrodite]], produced in [[Cyme (botany)|cymes]] of three to ten in mid to late summer with a pale green subtending leafy [[bract]]; they have a strong scent and are pollinated by [[honeybee]]s. The nectar however contains sugars which cannot be digested by [[bumble bee]]s, to which the tree is somewhat toxic. The [[fruit]] is a dry nut-like [[drupe]] 8–10 mm long, downy, and slightly ribbed.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm>Mitchell, A. F. (1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6</ref> It is widely grown as an [[ornamental tree]] throughout Europe. It is very tolerant of urban pollution, soil compaction, heat, and drought, and would be a good street tree in urban areas, but for the problems it causes leaving numerous dead and comatose bumble bees on the street below the tree.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm2>Mitchell, A. F. (1996). ''Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain''. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-219972-6.</ref> {{Inc| Tilia tomentosa, Moench (T. argentea, DC. T. alba, Ait. T. alba pyramidalis, Hort.). White Linden. Tree, to 100 ft. with upright branches: young branchlets stellate-tomentose: lvs. nearly orbicular, abruptly acuminate, truncate or cordate at the base, serrate or doubly serrate, often lobulate, with short-pointed teeth, sparingly pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath, 3-5 in. across; petiole pubescent, less than half of the length of the blade: fls. 7-10, in pendulous tomentose cymes: fr. ovoid, slightly 5-angled, tomentose; shell woody. July. E. Eu., Asia Minor. —This is a very handsome tree of dense habit with upright branches; it stands heat and drought better than any of the other species. Its fls. and those of the following species have proved poisonous to bees. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}} ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Varieties== The [[cultivar]] 'Brabant' has a strong central stem and a symmetrical conic crown. The cultivar 'Petiolaris' (Pendent Silver Lime) differs in longer leaf petioles 4–8 cm long and drooping leaves; it is of unknown origin and usually sterile, and may be a [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] with another ''Tilia'' species.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm/> ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Tilia tomentosa 1JPG.jpg|Tree in park File:Tilia-tomentosa.JPG Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} __NOTOC__

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