Botanical Name: Ulmus pumila
Common Name: Siberian Elm
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, mostly single-trunked tree (sometimes suckering), with spreading branches forming a rounded, fairly dense canopy; bark is gray-white deeply fissured; wood is brittle
Height 30-50' (70')
Spread 2/3 to equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; tolerates partial
Soil tolerates most, including alkaline desert soils
Hardiness hardy (all zones); tolerates cold, heat, wind drought
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, elliptic-ovate, 1-3" long, dark green and glabrous above, pale green beneath; margins coarsely serrate
Flowers inconspicuous, appearing in spring before leaves; greenish
Fruit a samara: flat, circular, winged
 
Propagation:
seed (stratify)
 
Usage:
a large, fast-growing shade tree, valued for its durability; good for erosion control, large street tree, parks; too large for residential usage; invasive shallow root system
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular is preferred; plant becomes drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing little required after established
Pruning head high and develop open-branched canopy; remove suckers
Pests/Diseases shot hole; fairly resistant to Dutch Elm disease
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Northern China
Family: Ulmaceae

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