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3700

Tree
Perennial

Non-native: Europe

Documented growing wild in - - -

Look for it in suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 2-7mm, densely villous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Bisexual
4-8 lobed calyx
Petals absent
5-6 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Samara

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Ulmus glabra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ulmus glabra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Wych Elm, Scotch Elm

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image of Ulmus glabra, Wych Elm, Scotch Elm

JK Marlow    jkm140816_651

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaf base strongly oblique, lowermost lobe overlapping, covering petiole, per Flora of North America.