The
Field Elm cultivar
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''Ulmus minor'' 'Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta' was originally identified as ''U. nitens'' var. ''Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta''
Moss by
Moss
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in ''The Cambridge British Flora'' (1914).
Moss regarded the tree as a "subvariety" of
''U. nitens'' var. 'Hunnybunii', with a narrower form.
Description
Moss described 'Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta' as "differing in the shorter internodes of the young twigs, which tend to remain in one plane, giving the trees a striking appearance".
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and leaf drawings by E. W. Hunnybun, showing a narrower leaf than 'Hunnybunii', appear in ''The Cambridge British Flora'' (1914).
Pests and diseases
Though susceptible to
Dutch Elm Disease,
field elms produce
suckers and usually survive in this form in their area of origin.
Cultivation
Moss in ''The Cambridge British Flora'' (1914) noted that 'Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta' was sometimes propagated in error for Cornish Elm,
''Ulmus stricta'' – hence its name.
No mature specimens are known to survive.
Putative specimens
A non-
Cornish 'Stricta'-type field elm cultivar with the marked unilateral 'Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta' twig-pattern described by Moss, and with leaves matching Hunnybun's drawing, was planted in
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,
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, in the early 20th century and survives there through sucker regrowth. Unlike Cornish elm, its leaves flush and fall early in the season.
File:AZ0121 Unknown Ulmus. Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (02).jpg, Fastigiate field elm, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
File:AZ0121 Unknown Ulmus. Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (01).jpg, Fruit of same
File:AZ0121 Unknown Ulmus. Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (00).jpg, Juvenile foliage
File:AZ0121 Unknown Ulmus. Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (03).jpg, Bark
References
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