The putative Wych Elm

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''Ulmus glabra'' 'Macrophylla' iterally 'long-leaved', though also 'large-leaved'was first mentioned by Lavallée in 1877 as ''U. montana var. macrophylla (fastigiata)''. The

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of Berlin marketed an ''U. montana macrophylla'' in the late 19th and early 20th century; both Späth and the Hesse Nursery of Weener, Germany, supplied it in the 1930s. At that time, ''Ulmus montana'' was used both for wych elm cultivars and for hybrid cultivars of the

Ulmus × hollandica ''Ulmus'' × ''hollandica'' Mill. , often known simply as Dutch elm, is a natural hybrid between Wych elm ''Ulmus glabra'' and field elm ''Ulmus minor'' which commonly occurs across Europe wherever the ranges of the parent species overlap. In Eng ...

group.

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thought the tree sold as ''U. montana'' var. ''macrophylla'' identical with those he saw at Looymans' nursery at Oudenbosch, which in turn he considered indistinguishable from the cultivar 'Pitteurs' growing in the town of St. Trond (Flemish: Sint-Truiden) in Belgium before the

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. Henry also noted that a tree grown at Kew labelled ''U. montana macrophylla fastigiata'' was similar in all respects to 'Superba'. Elsewhere, he judged Kew's ''U. montana macrophylla fastigiata'' "not distinct enough to deserve a special name"; but this was a "small tree", and may not yet have produced distinctive mature-canopy leaves. See also the similarly named ''Ulmus montana'' forma ''fastigiata macrophylla''.

Description

'Macrophylla' was described as having the largest leaves, and being of very strong growth.

Cultivation

''U. montana macrophylla'' was introduced to the

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, Canada, probably from Späth, in 1899.

Accessions

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, UK. Acc. no. 1127.

References

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* Sheet labelled ''U. montana'' Sm. ''macrophylla'' Dipp. (1902) * Sheet labelled ''U. montana'' Sm. ''macrophylla'' Dipp. (1902) {{Elm species, varieties, hybrids, hybrid cultivars and species cultivars , state=collapsed Wych elm cultivar Ulmus Missing elm cultivars