Ulmus glabra 'Tiliaefolia'

Ulmus glabra
Cultivar 'Tiliaefolia'
Origin Europe

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

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 , 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.
  2. Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
  3. Reichenbach, H. G. L. (1827). Iconographia botanica, seu, Plantae criticae: Icones plantarum. Hofmeister.
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