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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.
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, monoecious deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America.[1] Before the species was devastated by the chestnut blight, a fungal disease, it was one of the most important forest trees throughout its range, and was considered the finest chestnut tree in the world.[2] It is ...