Small trees to 25 feet, used in wildlife, farmstead, and ornamental plantings. All are hardy in North Dakota. Dense oval to globe in form. Upper half of leaf is broad. The fruit, an acorn, ripening in the fall, is over half covered by a fringed cup.
Twigs are reddish-gray in the fall.
Suitable as a specimen or for shade and boulevard planting. The cultivar Redmond is a handsomely pyramidal cultivar that has performed well as a street, boulevard, or residential specimen tree in southeastern North Dakota. The latter has a narrowly upright form. Tilia cordata is a similar species, known as the littleleaf linden. It maintains a strong central leader that results in a pyramidal growth habit, with a finer texture than the American linden.