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| + | The '''Chestnut-leafed''', or '''Multinerved, Elm ''Ulmus castaneifolia''''' <small>Hemsley</small> is a small [[deciduous]] tree found across much of [[China]] in broadleaved forests at elevations of between 500 m and 1600 m. |
| + | The tree can reach a height of 20 m with a trunk of about 0.5 m [[diameter at breast height|d.b.h]]. The bark is thick with a pronounced corky layer, and is longitudinally fissured. The branchlets are devoid of the corky wings common to many elms. The leaves are generally narrow, ranging from [[leaf shape|obovate]] to [[leaf shape|elliptic]], < 15 cm long, and densely hirsute when young. The [[perfect flower|perfect]] wind-pollinated [[apetalous]] flowers are produced on second-year shoots in February; the [[Samara (fruit)|samarae]] are mostly obovate < 30 mm × 16 mm. <ref name=Fu>Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) ''Flora of China'', Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN 1-930723-40-7 [http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF05/Ulmus.pdf]</ref> <ref name=White>White, J. & More, D. (2003). ''Trees of Britain & Northern Europe''. Cassell's, London. ISBN 0-304-361192-5</ref> |