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Lime / Linden
Tilia x europaea
A tall European broadleaf of stately avenues, with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant midsummer flowers that perfume the air and feed honeybees.
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| Lime / Linden | Live Oak | London Plane |
List of Trees That Start With L
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Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
An evergreen southern oak with sprawling horizontal limbs that frame the avenues and bayous of the American South.
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London Plane
Platanus x acerifolia
A hybrid plane tree with flaking patchwork bark, planted along the streets of London, New York, and Paris for its remarkable tolerance of urban pollution.
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