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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 ...

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''Ulmus minor'' 'Purpurascens' was listed by

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in ''Arboretum Segrezianum'' (1877) as ''U. campestris'' var. ''purpurascens'' (''purpurea''), but without description, and later by Schneider in ''Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde'' (1904).Henry (1913) gives ''Laubholzkunde'' 1894. Krüssmann in ''Handbuch der Laubgehölze'' (1962) identified it as a cultivar. Schneider, Henry, and Green believed the cultivar 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', which was also first listed in 1877, a synonym of ''U minor'' 'Purpurascens'.

Description

The tree has small leaves approximately 25 mm long, rough above, downy beneath, tinged with purple when young, but turning dark green later. The twigs are downy. Green noted that the tree usually remains small.

Pests and diseases

See under ''Ulmus minor''.

Cultivation

A grafted tree at

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labelled ''U. campestris'' var. ''purpurascens'', planted in 1885, was 20 ft tall by 1912. (For specimens supplied by the

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as ''U. campestris myrtifolia purpurea'', see 'Myrtifolia Purpurea'.)

Notable trees

Three trees survive in

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, one of them the UK champion (see 'Accessions'). Until 2018 one was misidentified as the large-leaved purple elm ''U.'' × ''hollandica'' 'Purpurascens'.

Synonymy

*''Ulmus myrtifolia purpurea'' (?):

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), Catalogue 10, p. 59, 1877.

Accessions

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Elm Collection. Cottesmore St. Mary School,

(1 tree, National Champion, 18 m high, 51 cm

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in 1993Johnson, O. (2011). ''Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland'', p. 168. Kew Publishing, Kew, London. ); Brighton & Hove Prep School, Radinden Manor Rd, Hove (1 tree); Davigdor Road, Hove (1 tree).

Notes

References

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