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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ulmus americana var. americana   FAMILY Ulmaceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ulmus americana   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Ulmus americana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-01-002:

Ulmus americana   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ulmus americana

 

COMMON NAME:
 American Elm, White Elm

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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p25a

        

image of Ulmus americana var. americana, American Elm, White Elm

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_342

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ulam_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_ulam_012_lvd

        

image of Ulmus americana var. americana, American Elm, White Elm

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ulam_015_lvd

        

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John B. Nelson    jbn_4449973327_134f973b98

March        

Samara elliptical, flattened, notched at the tip, densely ciliate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ulmus_americana_17

May        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ulmus_americana_18

May        

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JK Marlow    jkm140625_356

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Lvs >4.5" long, tip acuminate, base unequal, margin coarsely doubly serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm140625_358

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Ulmus americana var. americana, American Elm, White Elm

JK Marlow    jkm060701_005

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Wofford College

('Princeton' pictured) Bark light to medium gray, moderately fissured, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Ulmus americana var. americana, American Elm, White Elm

JK Marlow    s060701_b

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Wofford College

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JK Marlow    jkm180924_4905

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Twigs brown, finely hairy or glabrous (vs. U. rubra gray oft w tiny grooves, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_u_americana_elm_twig

November        

Buds mostly 4-5mm long; scales brown, distinctly dark-edged, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_u_americana_leaf

November        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ulmus americana var. americana   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ulmus americana   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
 Ulmus americana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-01-002:
 Ulmus americana   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Ulmus americana

 

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1565

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, bottomland forests, moist slopes, especially on relatively or strongly nutrient-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
4-8 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in fascicles

FRUIT:
Spring
Samara

 

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