• Taxonomic hierarchy:

• Species hybrid: Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (lime)
• Genus: Tilia (limes)
• Family: MALVACEAE (mallows & limes)
• Order: MALVALES (mallows, limes, daphnes and rockroses)
• Subclass: EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
• Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
• Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
• Kingdom: PLANTAE (plants)
• Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
• Life: BIOTA (living things)

• Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea is also a member of:

• Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Tilia)
• Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Tilia)
• Trees with bark of pH 5.2-6.6 - slightly acid-barked trees (via Tilia)
• Trees with bark of low pH - acid-barked trees (via Trees with bark of pH 5.2-6.6)
• Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Trees with bark of low pH)
• Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
• Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
• Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
• Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
• Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)
• Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Malvaceae)
• Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Malvaceae)

Notes:

Trunk with suckers only at the base.

Flower buds more advanced than typical T. x vulgaris nearby, 3(-4) flowers per inflorescence.

Leaves darker and hairy on both surfaces.

This year’s twigs thicker and hairy.

The presence of suckers at the base of the trunk indicates some mixed parentage, but the tree was otherwise very close to T. platyphyllos.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

• Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F., 1962. Flora of the British Isles, Second Edition, 1269pp, Cambridge University Press