Ulmus × arbuscula

Ulmus × arbuscula
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Hybrid parentage U. pumila × U. glabra
Origin Russia

The hybrid elm Ulmus × arbuscula E. Wolf was derived from a crossing of Ulmus pumila with Ulmus scabra (: glabra) in St. Petersburg, Russia [1].

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Description

None available.

Pests and diseases

A specimen at the Ryston Hall, 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

Two trees survive in eastern European arboreta. U. × arbuscula is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Accessions

Europe

References

  1. ^ Hortus Botanicus Nationalis, Salaspils, Latvia, Accessions List 2006
  2. ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920