Saturday, September 29, 2007

HINTS - Number 19 Set 2

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Family: Tiliaceae

Deciduous tree creates a tall dense canopy of leaves
Highly fragrant light yellow flowers.

Leaves:
Serrate, coarsely irregular, cordate base.
Simple, alternate.
Medium to deep green above, light green underneath.

Bud: lopsided, scaled with one scale markedly enlarged
Flowers: highly fragrant drooping clusters of light yellow flowers with long pale green/yellow bract in July

Popular street tree.

Pests: aphids and leaf chewing insects.
Aphids create sugary syrup on leaves which grows a black fungus.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work.