The

Japanese Elm Japanese elm is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * ''Ulmus davidiana'' var. ''japonica'' *''Zelkova serrata ''Zelkova serrata'' (Japanese zelkova, Japanese elm or keyaki or keaki; ja, 欅 (ケヤキ) keyaki /槻 (ツキ) tsu ...

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''Ulmus davidiana'' var. ''japonica'' 'Reperta' was a

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selection (no. 43–2) named and registered in Germany by Conrad-Appel, Darmstadt, in 1993.

Description

Not available.

Pests and diseases

'Reperta' has only a moderate resistance to

Dutch elm disease Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease was accidentally introduced into Americas, America ...

Cultivation

'Reperta' never entered commerce in North America or Europe owing to its only marginal resistance to DED. A specimen grown at the Botanischer Garten Marbur

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, Germany, obtained in 1993, died while still a young plant, apparently unable to tolerate the local climate.

Accessions

None.

References

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