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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ulmus americana var. floridana
FAMILY
Ulmaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Ulmus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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 floridana
COMMON NAME:
Florida Elm
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_ulam_012_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ulam_015_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ulmus americana var. floridana
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 floridana
2348
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: shell middens, other calcareous forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Greenish
4-8 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in fascicles
FRUIT:
Spring
Samara
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p340?
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p236?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p357?
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