Re: Did native Americans cultivate Lime tree?

From: Alaca (P.Alaca_at_WannaBee)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 02:19:16 +0100

joerevskelton@bellsouth.net wrote in:
QcAKd.613$RJ2.464@bignews6.bellsouth.net,

> [...] Alan provided the name "Tilia Americana"
> or "Tilia galba Vebren" as a NA species of Linden native to the
> region. Is Tilia cordata an alternative name for the same species; or
> is it another species also grown there?

Tilia. americana (T. glabra, T. nigra).
Native in central and north America.
Cultivated in Europe (England) since 1752

Tilia cordata (T. ulmifolia, T parvifolia)
Small-leaved Lime
Native in Europe and since long cultivated

Many other species and cultivars in Europe and Asia

Source: B.K. Boom
              Nederlandse Dendrologie
              Wageningen 1972 (8th ed) 

-- 
 -- Peter Alaca --