Tilia platyphyllos large-leaf linden

Tilia platyphyllos leaf. From Trees of Stanford and Environs, Ronald Bracewell

This tree’s leaves, up to 5 inches, are longer than those of T. cordata, little-leaf linden, and the leaf margins usually are more sharply and regularly serrate. The leaves’ undersides generally are light green, while those of T. cordata normally have a whitish (glaucous) cast.

Two old specimens at 575 Salvatierra Street are all that remain from a former row (1904). One tall tree with trunk diameter more than 3 feet is at Columbae House (549 Lasuen Mall); another next to it came down in 2009.

Tilia platyphyllos leaf. From An Illustrated Manual of Pacific Coast Trees, Howard E. McMinn & Evelyn Maino