Ulmus × arbuscula

Ulmus × arbuscula
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] A similar crossing (clone no. FL025) was made by the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante, Florence.

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


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