OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Planera aquatica   FAMILY Ulmaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Planera aquatica   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Planera aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Planera aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-02-001:

Planera aquatica   FAMILY Ulmaceae

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

Planera aquatica

 

COMMON NAME:
Planer-tree, Water-elm


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image of Planera aquatica, Planer-tree, Water-elm

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_349

        

image of Planera aquatica, Planer-tree, Water-elm

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_planera_aquatica1

April    Crittenden County    AR

Leaf distinctly widest below the middle, base assymmetrical, apex acute, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Planera aquatica, Planer-tree, Water-elm

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_planera_aquatica2

April    Crittenden County    AR

image of Planera aquatica, Planer-tree, Water-elm

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_planera_aquatica3

April    Crittenden County    AR

Usually in areas subject to temporary flooding, swamps, wet banks..., per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Planera aquatica   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Planera aquatica   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Planera aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Planera aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-02-001:
Planera aquatica   FAMILY Ulmaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2577

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: River swamps where flooded (often to depths of 1-2 m) in the winter, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins serrate to doubly serrate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
4-5 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Nutlet

 

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