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Topic: Small leaved lime


  
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378 (1906), on the peculiar asymmeliy in the leaves and stipules of the lime.
Leaves small, glabrous except for axil-tufts, bluish beneath with irregular and not prominent tertiary venation.
The lime trees mentioned by Turner in 1562 as attaining a large size, and the old trees reported by Barrington7 to be growing in 1769 in Moor Park in Hertfordshire and on the river Neath in Glamorganshire, were probably T. cordata, and of indigenous origin.
djvued.libs.uga.edu /text/7tgbitxt.txt   (17488 words)

  
 Tilia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The foliage of lime is eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Lime Hawk-moth, Buff-tip and Coxcomb Prominent.
The lime tree is the national emblem of Slovenia and the Czech Republic, where it is called lipa.
The lime tree is also the legendary tree of the Slavs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basswood   (496 words)

  
 tilia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The lindens are large deciduous trees, reaching typically 20-40m tall, with oblique-cordate leaves 6-20cm across, and are found through the north temperate regions.
The tree produces a fragrant and nectar-producing blossom, the medicinal herb Lime Blossom.
The timber of lime trees is soft and easily worked.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /tilia.html   (240 words)

  
 Common Lime
The leaves often have 'blisters' on the upper surface, caused by sap-sucking insects.
Common Lime is a tall, deciduous tree, with arching lower branches, which reaches 25 m in height.
This is the tallest broad-leaved tree in Britain and it originated as a hybrid between the large-leaved and small-leaved lime.
www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk /trees/limec.htm   (227 words)

  
 or LINDEN LIME - LoveToKnow Article on or LINDEN LIME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The lime trees, species of Tilia, are familiar timber trees with sweet-scented, honeyed flowers, which are borne on a common peduncle proceeding from the middle of a long bract.
These are: (I) the small-leaved lime, T. parvifolia (or T. cordata), probably wild in woods in England and also wild throughout Europe, except in the extreme south-east, and Russian Asia.
The lime sometimes acquires a great size; one is recorded in Norfolk as being 16 yds.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LI/LIME_or_LINDEN.htm   (305 words)

  
 Tilia cordata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tilia cordata, the Small-leaved Lime or Small-leaved Linden is a tree native to much of Europe, including southern Britain north to about Durham.
The leaves are rounded to triangular-ovate, 4-8 cm long and broad, mostly hairless (unlike the related Tilia platyphyllos) except for small tufts of brown hair in the leaf vein axils.
The small yellow-green flowers are produced in early summer, have a rich, heavy scent; the trees are much visited by bees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Small-leaved_Lime   (223 words)

  
 Small-leaved Lime
The alternate leaves are heart-shaped, tapering abruptly to a fine tip and are 3-6 cm long.
They are dark green, shiny and hairless above and with tufts of rusty hairs only at the junction of the veins below.
Small-leaved Lime is a deciduous tree, up to 25 m in height, with a main trunk often forking above and a smooth grey bark which breaks up into plates later.
www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk /trees/limesm.htm   (203 words)

  
 Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Home Page
Small-leaved lime is the commoner of the two here, was the last major tree to reach Britain after the Ice Age and grows as far north as the Lake District in England and into Wales.
Leaves of most limes are heart shaped with long stalks, soft and pale green with toothed or serrated borders.
Wood from limes is soft, light and white coloured and is used mainly in turnery and carving.
www.rfs.org.uk /thirdlevel.asp?ThirdLevel=174&SecondLevel=33   (354 words)

  
 Sankey Valley Country Park > Natural Environment > Flora and Fauna > Trees > Small Leaved Lime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The leaves are formed alternately along the stem and are dark green in colour with a shiny complexion.
Unlike other limes the fruits are neither hairy nor ridged and the Small Leaved Lime only produces one seed which is not released.
Small Leaved Lime timber is still used today for sounding boards of pianos and organs alike.
www.sthelens.gov.uk /svp.nsf/tree/33AF8342585A131D80256B800045CA04?opendocument   (141 words)

  
 Lime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Introduction: The small and large leaved varieties are both native to Britain, likewise possibly the common lime, though this hybrid is historically first recorded during the early eighteenth century.
The fruits are smooth and rounded with a short beak, and fall from the tree in a cluster, with the bract acting as a wing.
Limes are among the latest of trees to flower, usually in early July.
www.roman-britain.org /chase/lime.htm   (423 words)

  
 Tilia vulgaris - Lime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Many of the lime trees in Britain are hybrids between the large-leaved lime and the small-leaved lime species.
The large-leaved lime, Tilia platyphyllos, is a native tree (although quite a rare one in the wild) of Britain and can reach a height of 30 metres.
Small-leaved lime trees also grow to 30 metres in height; their leaves are darker than those of large-leaved limes.
www.first-nature.com /trees/tilia_vulgaris.htm   (179 words)

  
 The Small Leaved Lime, A Guide to the Native Trees of The Village of Euxton, Lancashire, England. Euxton dot com (TM)
The Small Leaved Lime is a large deciduous tree that reaches a height of about 38 m, and an age of up to 500 years.
The Small Leaved Lime is propagation and grown from its seed, which is deeply dormant.
Its timber of the Small Leaved Lime is a relatively soft white or yellow wood, that is a valuable timber, as it does not change dimensions or warp after it is seasoned.
www.euxton.com /limesmal.htm   (292 words)

  
 LIMBUS - LoveToKnow Article on LIMBUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the ground mass a second generation of small eumorphic augites frequently occurs; more rarely olivine is present also as an ingredient of the matrix.
Milk of lime consists of a cream of the hydrate and water.
Dry lime has no action upon chlorine, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide, although in the presence of water combination ensues.
68.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LI/LIMBUS.htm   (2268 words)

  
 Lime samples properties manufacturers :: musterkiste.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lime can be found throughout Europe though there are two principle types: the summer or broad-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos) and the winter or small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata).
Lime trees grow individually or in groups in mixed woodland in lowlands as well as the lower levels of mountainous regions.
Lime woods from all three types of lime have similar properties and are difficult to distinguish from one another, even under the microscope.
www.musterkiste.com /en/holz/pro/1002_Lime.html   (438 words)

  
 Lime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lime (tree) or Linden, common name for a medium-size family of mostly woody flowering plants, and for its representative genus also known as basswood in North America.
The flowers are solitary, paired, or borne in clusters and are frequently small, greenish, and usually scented.
The common lime is a naturally occurring hybrid between the small-leaved and the large leaved limes and is often planted as a street and shade tree.
www.epicrus.supanet.com /fod/lime.htm   (287 words)

  
 Tree and Shrub Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Like its larger relative, the small leaved lime is attacked by aphids dropping sticky resin, for this reason it in not suitable for carparks or street schemes.
Small leaves are accompanied by sour fl fruits which have a dull coating.
This small barberry is a deciduous dense shrub with broad spiky leaves that turn from a bright green into orange-red in the autumn.
www.casa.ucl.ac.uk /oxford/trees_shrubs.html   (1757 words)

  
 Native Trees of the British Isles: Tilia cordata/Small-leaved Lime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Leaves from the exposed parts of the crown dull are 0.15mm thick, green above and glaucous beneath, with reddish-brown tufted hairs on the basal parts of the main veins.
Inflorescences are borne in the axil of the stipule on the upper side of the shoot, lateral to the axillary bud of the leaves on the extension shoot of the current year; 5-11 in cymes, pale yellowish-green in colour, 10-15mm in diameter; 5 strap-shaped petals, 6-7x1.5mm in size.
In Switzerland and France lime trees have been a symbol of liberty; for example, several were planted in Switzerland to celebrate the battle of Morat (1476).
www.biodiversity.org.uk /ibs/envmath/resources/year3/env324/moffatt/HTMLfiles/t_cordata.htm   (1355 words)

  
 Nemunas' loops regional park | Park's flora and fauna | Abundant plants | Leaved lime tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When there is a scent of honey in the air, everybody knows that lime trees are in bloom.
In July the blooming of lime trees is the most intensive, though sometimes they start blooming in June.
Lime trees grow in the forests, by the roads, in the parks and cemeteries, in the streets of the towns, next to cottages.
discovery.ot.lt /cfair99/florfaun/augalai/gausus/a_mliepa.htm   (152 words)

  
 WESTERN ROAD LIME TREES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The magnificient lime trees that grace Western Road is without doubt the most prominent characteristic of the road.
This lime has greenish-yellow flowers which appear in early July, is sweet smelling, and is also attractive to bees.
Limes have a heart shaped leaf that unfolds early in spring and remains on the branches until very late autumn.
www.western-road.info /trees.html   (409 words)

  
 Beech
Furniture, ice-lollipop sticks, spoons, planes and mallets are made from beech wood, and cooking oil may be obtained from the mast.
Small-leaved Lime is an indicator of ancient woodland, as it rarely sets seed and so is unable to spread.
Tilia platyphyllos, the Large-leaved Lime, which is native in the North of England.
www.tsbr19510.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Beech.htm   (487 words)

  
 Linden blossoms
In Celtic time right up to the middle ages, the lime tree was considered sacred and it was common for judicial cases to be heard while the court sat under a lime tree as it was said to inspire fairness and justice.
Lime trees were planted by royal decree along many roads to ensure that the harvest of its flowers was plentiful, as it was used a lot for its medicinal properties.
In folklore medicine, because of its heart-shaped leaves the Lime tree (tilleul) was dedicated to Venus, the goddess of love, and was said to cure all diseases classified under the goddess.
www.holisticaroma.co.uk /articles/Lindenblossoms.htm   (520 words)

  
 Cheshire Wildlife Trust, Warburton's Wood reserve
Key features of this site are the wild service trees, small-leaved lime, a diverse ground flora and three small areas of herb-rich unimproved grassland.
Lying on the south bank of the Lower Weaver Valley, 1.5km from Kingsley, the woodland lies astride a small tributary stream (O.S. Grid Ref.: SJ555762).
Leave Kingsley via the B5155, heading towards Northwich.
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk /cheshire/res_warburtons.htm   (414 words)

  
 LIME - Online Information article about LIME
It differs from the other two limes in its larger leaves, often 4 in.
Among the many famous avenues of limes may be mentioned that which gave the name to one of the best-known ways in See also:
The common lime was well known to the ancients.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LEO_LOB/LIME.html   (753 words)

  
 Tilia cordata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lime flowers are a popular domestic remedy for a number of ailments, especially in the treatment of colds and other ailments where sweating is desirable[9].
Lime flower tea is also used internally in the treatment of indigestion, hypertension, hardening of the arteries, hysteria, nervous vomiting or palpitation[4, 238].
Lime flowers are said to develop narcotic properties as they age and so they should only be harvested when freshly opened[238].
www.ibiblio.org /pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Tilia+cordata   (1794 words)

  
 Hedging, Trees, Shrubs & Conifers L-M from Buckingham Nurseries
Dense dwarf evergreen hedge with large spear-like shining green leaves and long spikes of white flowers in April, and often again in the autumn.
A variety of laurel with the additional attraction that all the young foliage is bronzy-orange contrasting well with the glossy dark green mature leaves.
Small greenish-yellow flowers in spring followed by winged seeds in autumn.
www.bucknur.com /acatalog/Index_Hedging__Trees__Shrubs___Conifers_L_M_6.html   (904 words)

  
 Large Leaved Lime, A Guide to the Native Trees of The Village of Euxton, Lancashire, England. Euxton dot com (TM)
Large Leaved Lime, A Guide to the Native Trees of The Village of Euxton, Lancashire, England.
The Large Leaved Lime is a large deciduous tree rare, and restricted in woodland habitats.
The Large Leaved Lime is propagated and grown via its deeply dormant seed.
www.euxton.com /limelarg.htm   (216 words)

  
 Small-leaved Lime : Keele University Arboretum
Older trees have downward-arching branches with burrs and shoots on the trunk - as in Common Lime.
As the name suggests the leaves are rather smaller than other species - between 4 and 7 cm long X 3 - 5 cm broad.
The fruit is distinctive in being the only lime in which the fruits stand above the stem (photo); in all other limes they hang down.
www.keele.ac.uk /university/arboretum/trees/sl_lime.htm   (229 words)

  
 Species Guide Tilia Lime Bonsai
They have ovate to rounded alternate leaves which are minutely toothed.
Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime) is the Tilia species commonly seen grown as bonsai, there is no reason however why other smaller leaved Tilia species such as Tilia japonica or Tilia x europaea cannot be used.
Limes heal remarkably quickly after trunkchopping or branch removal; unfortunately heavy pruning scars made during the growing season can lead to unsightly bulges from excessive scar tissue production.
www.bonsai4me.com /SpeciesGuide/Tilia.html   (325 words)

  
 LIME BARK BEETLE (ERNOPORUS TILIAE (PANZER)) ACTION PLAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Lime Bark Beetle colonises moribund coppice poles or suitably sized dieback branches in the high canopy.
The correct coppice regime, one that allows for maturity of some stands of Small-leaved Lime, creates suitable conditions for colonisation, in that there is a constant source of appropriately sized timber.
The current (2001-02) national survey in to the distribution and status of Lime Bark Beetle may require that minor revisions are made to this plan, though it is unlikely to provide many (if any) new Northamptonshire sites.
www.wildlifebcnp.org /northants-bap/Lime%20Bark%20Beetle.htm   (680 words)

  
 Large-leaved Lime : Keele University Arboretum
The leaves are markedly hairy above and hairy on the veins beneath; unlike Common Lime and Small-leaved Lime which are glabrous.
The underside of the leaf has small tufts of whitish hairs in the axils of the veins.
The fruits are globose, subtended by a large pale bract, densely hairy and strongly ribbed - those of Small-leaved Lime are smooth and of Common Lime faintly ribbed.
www.keele.ac.uk /university/arboretum/trees/ll_lime.htm   (269 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Small-leaved Lime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed.
Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city in the north east of England.
View through the Brandenburg Gate towards Unter den Linden Unter den Linden (Under the Limes – named for its linden trees which line the grassed pedestrian mall between the two carriageways) is one of Berlins splendid boulevards.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Small_leaved-Lime   (529 words)

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