Ulmus × hollandica
Object Details
- Description
- The Dutch elm is a hybrid of many elm species, bred to combat Dutch elm disease.
- Hardiness
- -20 - -10 F
- Bloom Time
- February to March
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2011-0764A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- Up to 131'
- Bark Characteristics
- Gray-black bark becomes fissured with age. Twigs are red-brown and hairy.
- Bloom Characteristics
- Yellowish, short stalked
- Fall Color
- Yellow-brown
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate, slender, ovoid leaves with a long tip and double serrated margins.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Elliptical samaras with broad wings.
- Structure
- Oval
- Range
- Hybrid
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- National Museum of American History
- Common Name
- Dutch Elm
- Holland Elm
- Hybrid Elm
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
- Species
- × hollandica
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-0764A
