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Ulmus parvifolia |
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Chinese Elm or
Lacebark Elm |
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to 9 |
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China, Korea and
Japan |
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Upright, with spreading
branches, forming a broad, round-headed crown. |
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40-50 feet tall with a similar
or slightly greater spread. Fast growing
resulting in weak, brittle wood. |
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Plants are polygamo-monecious.
Flowers are greenish, not showy, in September,
the latest of the elms to bloom. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple,
elliptic to ovate, ¾-2 inches long (one of the
smallest elm leaves), with an acute tip
and serrate margins, lustrous dark green in
color. |
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Fall color is yellow to
reddish. |
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Bark is mottled, exfoliating,
showing lighter colored bark beneath, in
combinations of green, gray, orange and brown. |
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Fruit is a samara, ⅓ inch
long, ripening in October. |
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High levels of resistance to
Dutch elm disease (DED),
but is susceptible to
phloem necrosis (elm yellows) and elm leaf
beetle |
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Note: This species
is often confused with the inferior (from a
landscape tree perspective) species,
Ulmus pumila,
the Siberian elm which is sometimes mislabeled
as a "Chinese" elm.
‘Across Central Park’ - Branching
habit is spreading, with strong angular branches that
fan out from where the crown originates. The tree has
strong wood.
‘Brea’ - Upright habit and larger
leaves than ‘Drake’, ‘True Green’ and ‘Sempervirens’.
‘Burgundy’- Has large, thick dark green leaves that turn deep
burgundy fall coloration. The habit is distinctly broad
rounded with uniform branch development and extremely
fast growth.
‘Drake’- Probably not hardy below
Zone 7. Rich dark green foliage on spreading branches that grow
more upright than those of regular evergreen cultivars
(‘Sempervirens’) but still approach a weeping tendency.
‘Dynasty’ - Distinctly
vase-shaped. Fall color has been red in cooler climates.
‘Emerald IsIe’- Broad-spreading elm with a rounded crown
resulting in a pleasing globe-shaped outline.
‘Emerald Vase’- Upright-spreading tree with an outline
similar to that of American elm. Highly resistant to Dutch elm
disease and elm leaf beetle.
‘King’s Choice’- Develops an oval-rounded outline. Leaves of this selection are up to 2
1/2” long, leathery, semi-glossy and dark green and turn
a dull yellow in autumn.
‘Milliken’- Dark
green foliage; bark has brown, orange,
tan mosaic on 2” diameter branches and the mature trunk
and strong wood.
‘Prairie Shade’- Habit is
upright-spreading with leathery, dark green leaves that
are smaller then typical for the species. Resistant to
anthracnose
and elm leaf beetle.
‘Sempervirens’- Semi-evergreen to
evergreen nature of the foliage. Medium-sized, round-headed shade tree
with weeping tendency. |
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