Ulmus 'Planeroides'

The elm cultivar ''Ulmus'' 'Planeroides' [:''Planera''-like elm] was described by Elie-Abel Carrière, Carrière in the ''Revue horticole'', 1875. It was considered "possibly ''Ulmus carpinifolia''" [:''U. minor'' ] by Green.

Not to be confused with Späth nursery, Späth's Ulmus × hollandica 'Viminalis', ''U. montana viminalis'' which, though "also distributed under the name ''Planera aquatica''", has Salix viminalis, osier-like leaves, ''Planera'' being the old name for ''Zelkova'', a close relative of elm with willow-like leaves.

Description

The tree was described as having leaves like ''Planera aquatica''.

Pests and diseases

Most field elm clones are susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Putative specimen

A pruned elm with ''Planera''-like leaves, possibly the cultivar 'Planeroides', stands in Stanford Avenue, Brighton.51 Stanford Avenue, Brighton (north tree), England.

File:BH00054 Ulmus. Stanford Avenue, Brighton. (1).jpg, Stanford Avenue tree
File:BH00054 Ulmus. Stanford Avenue, Brighton. (2).jpg, Same, April
File:BH00054 Ulmus. Stanford Avenue, Brighton. (4).jpg, Short-shoot foliage of same
File:BH00054 Ulmus. Stanford Avenue, Brighton. (5).jpg, Long-shoot foliage
File:BH00054 Ulmus. Stanford Avenue, Brighton. (3).jpg, Pressed leaves
File:BH00054 Ulmus. Stanford Avenue, Brighton. (6).jpg, Bark

References

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