Ulmus glabra 'Tiliaefolia'

Ulmus glabra
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Cultivar 'Tiliaefolia'
Origin Europe

The Wych Elm Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Tiliaefolia' was first mentioned by Host in Fl. Austr. 1: 329. 1827, as U. tiliaefolia.

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Description

The tree was said to have ovate leaves, rounded or subcordate and not usually strongly oblique at the base [1].

Pests and diseases

A specimen at the Ryston Hall [2], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914 [2], was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.

Cultivation

Probably extinct. Reichenbach noted briefly that the tree was once grown in Bohemia and Austria.[3]

References

  1. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
  2. ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
  3. ^ Reichenbach, H. G. L. (1827). Iconographia botanica, seu, Plantae criticae: Icones plantarum. Hofmeister.