What is it?

HollyS

Sorry these pics aren't great. But it's fall here and all the leaves have fallen. And I didn't have a camera on location with me, so no total tree pictures or bark pictures. Again...sorry. But why should I make it easy on you.

My guess is some kind of Linden (Tilia). But they are not common here, and I've never seen one.

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Sean Freeman

Hi Holly it could be Tilia, though real confirmation would require some old flowers or fruit perhaps, have included some id info might help, might not!

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treefeller

Must agree does look like a Tilia we have loads over here

HollyS

If you have loads there, what is the failure rate on them? This Tilia has rot at the base as well as limbs in varying degrees of death. it is weight loaded away from the power lines so should not fall through them. But would this species most likely: A) fail at the base or B) Lose limbs as it falls apart?

Thanks!

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mdvaden

Linden grows nicely up around Portland, Oregon, but a lot of them seem to have aphids. Nothing life threating - just the honeydew and sootymold.

The seeds are wicked on a slope. It's like skidding or dry rice. On concrete sidewalks anyhow.

treeman

Have to agree with treefeller, does look like lime and we do have loads over here.
On the whole a nice tree that makes up a large part of our tree population.
With basal root you have to make sure theres enough sound timber, but i have cleaned up a few in the past after storms.Lime also tend to have amounts of dead wood as they reach maturity, i think its down to lack of light due to congested crown and the trees ability to shut down limbs that arent productive. Its the sort of tree that drops a lot of litter!


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