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Thursday, June 29, 2023

6-29 Basswood

 6-29 

American Basswood, AKA Linden and Bee-tree, has opened its yellowish white, dangling, heavily scented flowers. Its long-stalked flower clusters hang from the middle of leafy greenish bracts. The nut-like drupes that eventually form are dispersed helicopter fashion by the wing-like bracts. Basswood is a moist soil component of deciduous forests.

John


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