The
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 ...
cultivar
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''Ulmus minor'' 'Microphylla Pendula', the Weeping small-leaved elm,
[Ellwanger & Barry, ''Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees ... at the Mount Hope Nurseries'' (Rochester, N.Y., 1875)] was first listed by the
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nursery,
Lübeck, and described by
Kirchner
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in
Petzold & Kirchner's ''Arboretum Muscaviense'' (1864), as ''Ulmus microphylla pendula''
Hort..
By the 1870s it was being marketed in nurseries in Europe and America as ''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''microphylla pendula''.
Not to be confused with
Schneider
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's suberose cultivar
'Propendens'.
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's ''U. campestris'' var. ''microphylla pendula'' (1896 Hand List) was equated with 'Propendens' by
Henry (1913), who called it "a form of
''Ulmus nitens'' var. ''suberosa''",
and by
Rehder Rehder is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
* Alfred Rehder (1863–1949), German-American botanist and Harvard professor
* Elke Rehder (born 1953), German artist
* Harald Alfred Rehder (1907–1996), Ameri ...
(1949),
and was classed by
Melville as a
nothomorph of
'Sarniensis'.
[Melville, R. (1978). On the discrimination of species in hybrid swarms with special reference to ''Ulmus'' and the nomenclature of ''U. minor'' (Mill.) and ''U. carpinifolia'' (Gled.). ''Taxon'' 27: 345-351.]
Description
Kirchner described 'Microphylla Pendula' as an elm of graceful habit with nettle-like foliage similar to but distinct from
''U. antarctica'', the leaves being smaller and a lighter green, with pale smooth twigs and long pendulous branchlets.
Pests and diseases
Most
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 ...
clones are susceptible to
Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation
One specimen survives at the RBG
Wakehurst Place, England, where it is cultivated as a hedging plant to keep it free from the attentions of the
Scolytus beetles which act as vectors of
Dutch elm disease.
In the US, an ''Ulmus microphylla pendula'', 'Weeping Small-leaved Elm', was marketed by the Mount Hope Nursery (also known as
Ellwanger and
Barry Barry may refer to:
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) of
Rochester, New York,
and by Frederick W. Kelsey of New York, while an ''U. campestris microphylla pendula'' was supplied by the Bobbink and Atkins nursery,
Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Perry Nursery Co. of Rochester, N.Y.
''Illustrated and descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees'', Perry Nursery Co., Rochester, N.Y., 1912, p.90
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Synonymy
* ''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''gracilis monstrosa'': Lavalléebr>''Arboretum Segrezianum''235, 1877
* ''Ulmus carpinifolia'' 'Microphylla Pendula': Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place.
Accessions
Europe
* Grange Farm Arboretum, Lincolnshire, UK. Acc. no. 1135.
* Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place, UK. Acc. no. 1973-21052 (listed as ''U. carpinifolia'' 'Microphylla Pendula')
Nurseries
None known.
References
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