Ulmus canescens
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| Ulmus canescens Melville |
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Ulmus minor subsp. canescens Richens |
Ulmus canescens Melville has been given several common names: Grey Elm, Grey-leafed Elm, Hoary Elm, but none predominant enough to warrant adoption. Its natural range extends through the lands of the central and eastern Mediterranean, including the islands of Sicily, Malta, Crete and Cyprus, as far south as Israel, where it is now considered rare and endangered [1]. The tree is chiefly found amidst the comparatively humid coastal woodlands and scrublands. The leaves are elliptic to ovate, bluntly toothed and densely downy, imbuing them with a distinctive greyish hue. The tree flowers in February and March.
There are no known cultivars of this taxon, nor is it known to be available from any nurseries.
[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions
- North America
- Morton Arboretum, acc. no. 395-76
[edit] References
- Bean, W. J. (1980). Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain. 8th edition. Murray, UK.
- Melville, R. (1978). On the discrimination of species in hybrid swarms with special reference to Ulmus and the nomenclature of U. minor (Mill.) and U. carpinifolia (Gled.). Taxon 27: 345-351.
- Melville, R. (1975). Ulmus canescens: an eastern Mediterranean Elm. Kew Bulletin: 499-502, 1975.
- Richens, R. H. (1983). Elm. Cambridge University Press, England.
