without the leaves...
On many linden tree branches, all that remains are the bracts and the berries.
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Fruiting linden (basswood)
This tree, abundant in the park, turns out to have quite a few uses as food! I missed the flowers, apparently; the young fruits are already showing along the stem that grows out of the bracts.
Multi-trunk basswood
I learned from Tom Wessels that multi-trunk trees, like this one, result from the resprouting of a hardwood stump. The diameter of the original stump can be estimated by finding the center-points o...