Athena (elm cultivar)

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The Chinese Elm U. parvifolia cultivar Athena is a small tree rarely exceeding 6 m in height, with a slightly broader, dense and rounded crown. The leaves are a medium, glossy green, turning yellow in autumn. The exfoliating, mottled bark is considered very attractive. The tree featured in the elm trials[1] conducted by Northern Arizona University at Holbrook, Arizona, but was unsuited to the hot, arid climate and sustained over 50 % mortality in its first year. The tree is not known to be in cultivation in Europe but it has been introduced to Australia. [2]

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• http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/cultivars/ulmus_parvifolia.htm Ulmus parvifolia cultivar list.
• http://fletcher.ces.state.nc.us/programs/nursery/metria/metria11/warren/elm.htm Return of the Elm - the status of elms in the nursery industry in 2000. Warren, K., J. Frank Schmidt and Co.