Ulmus glabra
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| Height: | ⇕ | 100 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 70 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 70. |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| USDA Zones: | 5 to 9 |
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Ulmaceae > |
Ulmus > |
glabra > |
| Origin: | ✈ | ? |
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| Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Ulmus glabra in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Ulmus glabra, Huds. (U. scabra, Mill. U. montana, With.). Wych Elm. Scotch Elm. Fig. 3877. Tree, to 120 ft., with spreading branches forming an oblong or broad round-topped head; without suckers: bark remaining smooth for many years (hence its Latin specific name): branches never with corky wings; young branchlets pubescent: buds obtuse, ciliate, and pubescent with yellowish brown hairs: lvs. very short-petioled and unequal at base, broadly obovate to oblong-obovate, abruptly acuminate or sometimes 3-lobed at the apex, sharply and doubly serrate, rough above, pubescent beneath, 3-6 in. long: fls. clustered; stamens 5-6, little exserted: fr. oval or roundish obovate, little notched at the apex, with the seed in the middle, 3/4 - 1 in. long. Eu. to Japan. H.W. 2:38, pp. 7, 8. F.S.R. 3, pp. 269, 271, 272. G.C. III. 39:152, suppl. S.E.B. 8:1287.—A variable species of which many forms are cult.: Var. grandidentata, Moss (U. scabra tricuspis, Koch. U. triserrata or tridens, Hort.). Lvs. 3-lobed at the apex, particularly on vigorous shoots: young branchlets pubescent, reddish brown in autumn. Var. crispa, Rehd. (U. montana crispa, Loud. U. crispa, Willd. U. aspleniifolia, Hort.). Slow-growing form with narrow lvs. incisely serrate with incurved twisted teeth. Var. atropurpurea, Rehd. (U. montana atropurpurea, Spaeth). Lvs. dark purple and folded. Var. lutescens, Rehd. (U. montana lutescens, Dipp.). Lvs. yellow. Var. rubra, Rehd. (U. campestris rubra, Simon-Louis. U. montana libro rubro, Planch.). Inner bark of the young branchlets deep red. Var. fastigiata, Rehd. (U. montana fastigiata, Loud. U. pyramidalis, Hort. U. plumosa pyramidalis, Hort. U. exoniensis, Hort. U. Fordii, Hort.). Columnar form with strictly upright branches: lvs. rather small, dark green, obovate, wrinkled above and somewhat twisted. Var. pendula, Rehd. (U. montana pendula, Loud. U. montana horizontalis, Kirchn.). Branches horizontally spreading forming a flat-topped head, branchlets pendulous. Gn. 17, p. 539; 77, p. 385. G.C. III. 50:221. M.D.G. 1901: 163. G.M. 49:749. G.L. 20:431. Var. Camperdownii, Rehd. (U. Camperdownii, Hort. U. montana pendula Camperdownii, Henry. U. montana pendula, Hort., not Loud.). Camperdown Elm. Figs. 3881, 3882. Branches and branchlets pendulous, forming a round head. Gn. 40, p. 158. G.C. III. 50:221. G.W. 2, p. 33; 8, p. 352; 15, p. 662. Var. nana, Rehd. (U. montana nana, Simon-Louis). Dwarf slow-growing form with horizontal branches, stunted branchlets, and small lvs., forming a hemispherical bush. Forms of U. glabra are frequently planted in the East. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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