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|familia=Ulmaceae
|familia=Ulmaceae
|genus=Ulmus
|genus=Ulmus
|species='Sarniensis'
|species='Sarniensis'
|common_name=Jersey Elm, Wheatley Elm
|common_name=Jersey Elm, Wheatley Elm
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=tree
|Min ht box=75
|Min ht box=75
|Min ht metric=ft
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''Ulmus minor''''' subsp. '''''sarniensis''''' <small>Stace</small> <ref name=Stace>Stace, C. A. (1997). ''New Flora of the British Isles'', 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press.</ref>, known variously as '''Guernsey Elm, Jersey Elm, Wheatley Elm''', or '''Southampton Elm''', once enjoyed much popularity in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], where it was widely cultivated for street planting. However the [[Dutch elm disease]] pandemic has now destroyed all the mature trees save a few at [[Preston Park, Brighton|Preston Park]] in [[Brighton]], and in [[Edinburgh]].
The appeal of the tree lay chiefly in its compact, columnar form, not dissimilar to the [[Lombardy Poplar]]. Rarely exceeding a height of 27 m, the tree has long stiff ascending branches forming a narrow pyramidal crown <ref name=McClintock>McClintock, D. (1975). ''The Wild Flowers of Guernsey''. Collins, London.</ref><ref name=White>White, J. & More, D. (2002). ''Trees of Britain & Northern Europe''. Cassell's, London.</ref>. The small leaves and [[Samara (fruit)|samarae]] are similar to those of the [[Field Elm]] group in general; like others of the group, the tree [[Suckering|suckers]] very freely. The tree often developed highly distinctive cancerous burrs on its branches or trunk.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
The Guernsey Elm is very susceptible to [[Dutch elm disease]].
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
A golden-leaved form, Dicksonii, exists
*?[[Microphylla Pendula (Guernsey Elm cultivar)|Microphylla Pendula]], [[Purpurea|Purple Leaf Jersey Elm]]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
