Tilia platyphyllos large-leaf linden

Platyphyllos means broad-leaved, and this species indeed usually has larger leaves than those of T. cordata, greenish rather than glaucous beneath; its fruits are distinctly five-ribbed rather than smooth.

Two old trees at 575 Salvatierra Street are all that remain from six noted in 2005, themselves reputedly remnants of a former row (1904). A grand specimen, with trunk diameter more than 3 feet and clearly thriving in the lawn, stands at Columbae House (549 Lasuen Mall); another beside it came down in 2009. Our trees hold onto their leaves through much of December, when other linden species are bare – a useful diagnostic when a closer look is not possible.