Botanical name: Ulmus americana
Family: Ulmaceae
A.K.A. water elm, white elm
- Native to eastern North America
- Deciduous
- Reaching 55-85′ (before dutch elm disease commonly reached well over 100′ in height)
- Tall arching, upright, vase shaped crown often without branches near the base of the tree 35′-65′ in width
- Trunk can be 3.5′-4′ in diameter
- Bark is deeply furrowed and light to dark grey in color
- Broad, flat, simple leaf with double serrated (toothed) margins
- Uneven base on the leaf margin
- Alternate arrangement on stem and lacks a terminal bud
- Hermaphroditic – self pollinating flowers
- Produces single seeded, flat, circular samaras with hair-like edges
- Rapid growth rate
- Tolerant of many stress factors including temperatures in excess of -40F
- Grows naturally in bottom lands and wetter areas, although it is a highly adaptable tree
- Susceptible to both dutch elm disease and verticillium wilt
- Prune in late September to October
- Adaptable to alkaline 8.0 pH and acidic 5.1 pH soils
- Full to partial sun
- Zone 2-9
