Ulmus laevis Pall. - Accepted: Ulmus laevis Pall. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Ulmaceae (APG III)
Ulmus laevis Pall. - Accepted: Ulmus laevis Pall. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Ulmaceae (APG III)
Ulmus laevis Pall. - Accepted: Ulmus laevis Pall. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Ulmaceae (APG IV)

Difference to related species

is less affected by the Dutch elm disease than other elm tree species

Flowers

hermaphrodite

Flower ecology

wind-pollinated (anemophilous)

Life form

woody, tree

Leaves

leaves with 2 cm long stems

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

ovate samara with central seed and a hair-fringed wing margin

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous) or water-dispersed (hydrochorous)

Soil conditions

preferentially on perculating wet, temporarily flooded, nutrient-rich and alkaline, humus-rich, sandy or pure loam and clay soils

Root type

deep-rooting plant with formation of buttress roots

Natural occurrence (habitat)

bottomland riparian forests

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate, mixed mesophytic broad-leaved deciduous forests

Life span

to 250 years old

Usage

used as an ornamental and urban tree; wood can be used as a fuel

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