linden: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Tilia • lime

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Cluster of heart-shaped green leaves and pale bracts with small round fruits on an American linden (Tilia americana) tree.

European linden

Leaves and fruit hanging from the bract of the European linden, or common lime (Tilia europaea)

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