American Elm (Exploring Boston's Urban Forest)

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Summary ⁸

Distinguishing Features: Seeds in the center of a wing, young twigs are fuzzy

Shape: 60 to 90 feet tall, broad and wide spreading or narrow with numerous branches covering trunk
Branching: Alternate
Leaf: Toothed, 3 to 6 inches long, oblique leaf base, serrate leaf margins, dark green color, turns yellow-brown in autumn
Flower: Insignificant, small green flowers
Bark: Dark gray, with deep ridges
Fruit or Seed: Single-seeded round samaras (each seed is surrounded by a flattened oval-rounded papery wing), notched at top, 0.5 inch in diameter, green-yellow in color

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Common names ⁹

American elm
white elm
water elm
soft elm
Florida elm

Fuentes y créditos

(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/11688
(c) Geneva Wirth, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/16962091@N06/2490623989
(c) Ben VanderWeide, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Ben VanderWeide
(c) Matthew Salkiewicz, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Matthew Salkiewicz
(c) mbatra, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
(c) Jenn Forman Orth, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/129906300_1aaa21470b.jpg
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/18004
(c) earthwatchtrees, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
Dominio Publico, http://eol.org/data_objects/23370640

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