Kansas Hybrid (elm cultivar)

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The Siberian Elm U. pumila hybrid cultivar Kansas Hybrid was raised by the Kansas Nursery Co., Salina, Kansas in the 1920s from a seedling exhibiting hybrid characteristics, and maintained by grafting. Described as having an upright branching habit, and dark, shiny leaves the same size as U. americana. Fast growing, it was also reputed to be cold and drought resistant, but had not (by 1995) been widely tested for resistance to Dutch elm disease. NB. The inclusion of the word "hybrid" is considered to render the cultivar name invalid (Santamour & Bentz, 1995).

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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

[edit] North America

[edit] Europe

None known

[edit] Nurseries

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[edit] Synomymy

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[edit] References

  • Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
  • Santamour, F. S., & Bentz, S. E. Updated checklist of elm (Ulmus) cultivars for use in North America. Journal of Arboriculture, 21(3): May, 1995.
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