The
Siberian Elm cultivar ''Ulmus pumila'' 'Harbin' is an older
Manchurian selection,
grown from seed collected from an area with a similar climate to that of the
Great Plains
The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...
, and superseded in the United States by
'Dropmore'.
Green reported (1964) a suggestion to merge 'Harbin' and the Siberian elm cultivar
'Manchu' with 'Dropmore', as all came from the Harbin area.
[Santamour, Frank S.; Bentz, Susan E. (May 1995). 'Updated Checklist of Elm (''Ulmus'') Cultivars for use in North America', ''Journal of Arboriculture''. 21 (3); pp.122–131.]
Description
'Harbin' is a rounded or umbrella-headed tree growing to between 9 and 12 m in height, with fine branchlets bearing narrow leaves 5 cm long.
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Pests and diseases
See under '' Ulmus pumila''.
Cultivation
'Harbin' is known to be hardy in the American prairies.[
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References
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