Ulmus × elegantissima

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Ulmus × elegantissima
Hybrid parentage
U. glabra × U. minor var. plotii
Origin
England

Ulmus × elegantissima Horwood is a natural hybrid discovered in the Midlands, England and generally assumed to be a crossing of U. glabra and U. minor var. plotii ^[1]. The tree should not be confused with U. suberosa (: minor?) elegantissima Hort. listed by Kirchner [1], in Kirchner & Petzold[2] Arb. Muscav. 556, 1864, as a synonym for U. × viminalis 'Variegata' (: Marginata).

The tree is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Contents 1 Cultivars 2 Arboreta etc. accessions 2.1 Europe 3 Synonymy 4 References

[edit] Cultivars

• 'Balder', 'Freja', 'Jacqueline Hillier', 'Loke', 'Odin', 'Tyr'.

[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

[edit] Europe

• Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection [3], 1 tree at Hartington Road, Brighton, 1 tree at Trinity Church, Eastbourne.

[edit] Synonymy

• Ulmus montana (: glabra) var. etrusca: Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 139. 1896.

[edit] References