Ulmus harbinensis

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Ulmus harbinensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species: U. harbinensis
Binomial name
Ulmus harbinensis
Nie & Huang

Ulmus harbinensis Nie & Huang (also known as the Harbinese Elm) is a small elm found only in the province of Heilongjang in the northeastern extremity of China, where it occurs in mixed forest. It reaches a maximum height of 15 m, with a slender trunk of 0.3 m d.b.h. The bark is irregularly but finely fissured. The wing-less glabrous branchlets bear small obovate leaves < 5.5 cm long by 3.5 cm broad. The wind-pollinated petal-less flowers appear in April; the generally orbicular samarae in June [1].

The tree is not known to be in cultivation beyond China.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. [1]