L'Assomption (elm cultivar)

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The American Elm Ulmus americana cultivar L'Assomption is a slow-growing tree highly resistant to Dutch elm disease selected from seedlings grown from X-irradiated seed at the eponymous experimental station in Quebec before 1965.

Contents 1 Arboreta etc. accessions 1.1 North America 1.2 Europe 2 Nurseries 3 Synonymy 4 References

[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

[edit] North America

• Morden Arboretum, Morden, Canada, acc. no. 65-0328 (two trees received 1970 from the Forest Research Laboratory in Sillary, Quebec).

[edit] Europe

None known.

[edit] Nurseries

None known.

[edit] Synonymy

None.

[edit] References

• Ouellet, C-E., & Pomerleau, R., (1965). Canad. J. Bot. 43:85-96, 1965.
• Santamour, F. S., & Bentz, S. E., (1965). Updated checklist of elm (Ulmus) cultivars for use in North America. Journal of Arboriculture, 21(3): May, 1995.