Tilia - Basswood & Linden

National Champion Basswood in Pottstown

Japanese Linden, gnarly limb, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr

BIG TREES OF PENNSYLVANIA							* Denotes a National Champion	ENTS=Laser range finder and clinometer UNK=Unknown CLIN@100= Clinometer @100'
Tree	year nominated	year last measured	circum (inches)@ 4.5'	height (feet)	spread (feet)	points	address	measuring technique	measuring crew	county	original nominator(s)	comments and alternate measuring height
BASSWOOD, LINDEN
Basswood Tilia americana *	1980	2006	277	89	87	388	1401 Glasgow St. Pottstown	ENTS	Scott Wade	Montgomery	Sherman Perkins, Halfred Wertz	pic from 1980
Basswood Tilia americana	2004	2004	204	91	78	315	Awbury Arboretum, Germantown Philadelphia	CLIN@100	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2004	Philadelphia	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2004
Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata	1987	1987	165	101	45	277	979 W. State Rd, West Grove	UNK	Peter Johnson	Chester	Peter Johnson
Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata	2009	2009	172	79.2	78	271	25 Levis Rd., Media	ENTS	Scott Wade, Brian Lansberry	Delaware	Scott Wade	backyard
Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata	2010	2010	143	84.3	85	249	Longwood Gardens, Kennett Sq.	ENTS	Longwood Staff	Chester	Longwood Staff	L-0599 W
European Linden Tilia x europaea	1998	2007	187	103.3	72	308	344 W Street Rd., Kennett Sq	ENTS	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2007	Chester	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 1998	tree on the other side of the house
European Linden Tilia x europaea	1998	2007	175	103.2	69	295	344 W Street Rd., Kennett Sq	ENTS	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2007	Chester	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 1998	tree by the driveway
European Linden Tilia x europaea	1999	1999	175	83	14	262	PO Box 537, Westtown	UNK		Chester
European Linden Tilia x europaea	1990	1990	171	76	56	261	Box 36 Street Rd., Westtown	UNK	Peter Johnson, Raymond & Gloria McCarthy	Chester	Peter Johnson, Raymond & Gloria McCarthy
White Basswood Tilia heterophylla	1988	2003	144	73	66	234	Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia	CLIN@100	Michelle Conners, Elizabeth Zanowiak	Philadelphia	Brian & Aaron Lambert	Hillcrest Avenue, west side of springhouse
Japanese Linden Tilia maximowicziana	2007	2007	140	55.5	78	216	Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr	ENTS	Greg Nichols, Scott Wade	Delaware	Greg Nichols
Mongolian Linden Tilia mongolica	1985	2009	82	54	48	148	Mt Lebanon cemetery 235 Maple St., Lebanon	ENTS	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2009	Lebanon	Gene Odato	134' ENE of mausoleum
Quebec Linden Tilia americana var. neglecta	1989	2003	120	95	29	222	Hershey Gardens, Hershey	CLIN@100	Barbara Whitcraft, Elizabeth Zanowiak	Dauphin	Rick Koval
Pendant Linden Tilia petiolaris	1987	2007	205	95.1	48	312	2050 Newark Rd., New London	ENTS	Scott Wade	Chester	Maurice Hobaugh, Mark Hoffman, Don Nieweg	Spread has been reduced due to power line clearing
Large Leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos	2009	2009	146	76.1	81	242	Charles Evans Cemetery, 1119 Centre Avenue Reading	ENTS	Jim Smoker	Berks	Jim Smoker
Large Leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos	2007	2007	63	42.9	52	119	Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr	ENTS	Greg Nichols, Scott Wade	Delaware	Greg Nichols	Cutleaf cultivar
Silver Linden Tilia tomentosa	1999	2009	164	82.2	51	259	314 Highland Farm Rd., West Chester	ENTS	Scott Wade	Chester	1999 Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour
Silver Linden Tilia tomentosa	1985	2009	151	64.3	63	231	Mount Lebanon Cemetery 235 Maple St., Lebanon	ENTS	Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2009	Lebanon	Charles Wertz, Gene Odato	170 feet east of the mausoleum at N 86 degrees E. Measured below graft at narrowest point.