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Field Elm ''Ulmus minor'' Mill., the field elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor and Iran; its northern ...

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''Ulmus minor'' 'Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta' was originally identified as ''U. nitens'' var. ''Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta'' Moss by

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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). File:Ulmus nitens var. hunnybuni subvar. pseudo-stricta (01).jpg, 'Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta': flowers and fruit

Pests and diseases

Though susceptible to

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field elm ''Ulmus minor'' Mill., the field elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor and Iran; its northern ...

s 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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, 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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