Stats

Lifespan

Up to 1000 yrs

Size

Huge

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Europe and Western Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

Little-leaf Linden is a small tree with thin, delicate leaves, native to much of Europe, from Britain and Scandinavia to the Caucasus and western Asia. Its leaves are so thin that they can be easily torn from the branch by a strong wind.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Tilia

Species

Tilia cordata