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Tilleul d'Amérique

Tilleul d'Amérique

Tilia americana
Un arbre d'ombrage indigène de taille moyenne à grande d'Amérique centrale et orientale, atteignant 50-80 feet avec un houppier ovoïde-arrondi et de grandes feuilles asymétriques en forme de cœur. En juin, il porte des fleurs jaune pâle, intensément parfumées, en cymes pendantes — chaque grappe suspendue à une bractée foliaire caractéristique en forme de lanière — qui mûrissent en petits akènes de la taille d'un pois. La floraison parfumée de juin est une source de nectar de premier ordre : le Missouri Botanical Garden le répertorie comme attirant les abeilles et les papillons, et le Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center souligne sa valeur particulière pour les abeilles indigènes et les abeilles domestiques.
Native: 38 US states + 4 CA provinces
Climate fit: broad (84/100)
Structure
Focal point
Pollinator
Light
Full sun / Part sun / Part shade
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
600-960" tall · 480" apart
Hardy in zones
2a-8b
brutally cold to frosty winters
AHS heat range
1-9
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
Yes
A documented larval host for the Polyphemus moth — caterpillars feed on its foliage before becoming the next generation.

Cold hardiness

Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.

Heat tolerance

Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Sources & citations

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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Tilleul d'Amérique (Tilia americana). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/tilia-americana
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
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Wikimedia Commons
Photo · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Image
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database
Botanical research database