Ulmus 'Rubra'

Ulmus
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Cultivar 'Rubra'
Origin France

The possible Wych Elm Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Rubra' was listed in the Simon-Louis (Metz, France) Catalogue , p. 97, 1869, as Ulmus campestris rubra. Krüssmann, in Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 535, 1962 identified it as a cultivar.

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Description

The tree is distinguished solely by the deep red colouring of the inner bark of young branchlets [1].

Cultivation

Probably extinct.

Synonymy

References

  1. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]