• 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 generally hidden by dense sucker growth.

Flower buds less advanced than nearby 19 Jun 99 [A] and with 3 to 7 flowers.

Leaves glabrous above and brighter green.

This year’s twigs narrow and glabrous.

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