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Basswood is the only native member of the genus Tilia native to Iowa. The name basswood came from a use made by native Americans of using its fibrous, tough inner bark or bast for making cords, thongs and ropes. Pioneers dubbed it bastwood leading to its common name of today.
Insects such as the linden looper, spring cankerworm, gypsy moth caterpillar, tent caterpillar and the basswood leafminer will all eat the leaves of the American linden. Perhaps the tree's biggest insect nemesis is the Japanese beetle, a bug that can defoliate large areas of the tree.