Lime Family:-
Common Lime is "a frequent street and park tree, a fertile hybrid between the Small-Leaved Lime and the Large-Leaved Lime, very much more commonly seen than either; a tall tree with bosses on trunk, smooth dark brown bark, and young twigs usually hairless; leaves heart-shaped, dark green and hairless above, paler below with a few tufts of whitsih hairs, often covered with honey-dew from aphides." from Collins Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers by David McClintock and R.S.R. Fitter assisted by Francis Rose - ISBN 0 00 219363 9 - Eleventh Impression 1978.
Lime Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Hazel to Lobelia Wild Flower Families Gallery:-
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Common Lime
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Tilia europaea
(Tilia vulgaris x, Tilia officinarum, Tilia cordata x platyphyllos)
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July
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This tree is native in a few woods with both parents, but it is mostly a planted tree. It is easily propagated from suckers, and is therefore common in woods, scrub, shelter-belts, avenues, copses, parkland, roadsides, and as an urban street tree. Generally lowland, but reaching 415 m near Nenthead (Cumberland).
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Flower at Hatfield in Kent on 10 July
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Flowers at Hatfield on 10 July
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Foliage at Hatfield on 10 July
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Form at Hatfield on 10 July
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Small-leaved Lime
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Tilia cordata
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July
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This tree occurs mostly in mixed deciduous Quercus or Fraxinus woodland on a wide range of soil types, and frequently on steep slopes and cliffs. Regeneration by seed occurs, mainly in S. England, but is rare. Vegetative reproduction is by shoots arising from fallen trees, or by layering, and it often occurs as an ancient coppiced tree. It has also been planted in parks and as a street tree. Generally lowland, but reaching c. 600 m in Cumbria.
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