Dakota Gardener: Common names
Flaky bark on a red pine tree, or maybe called a Norway pine, is often a normal part of its growth process. However, it can also be a sign of stress, disease or infestation. (NDSU photo)
“You’re not from around here, are you?”
It was my first spring in N.D. and I was talking with some tree-care professionals in the Bismarck area. We were discussing some health problems that trees had suffered over the winter. They were basswood trees, or so I thought.
The Bismarck folks called them American linden trees. And we were both correct.
American linden is the same thing as a basswood. We ca…