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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ulmus rubra   FAMILY Ulmaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ulmus rubra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ulmus rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-01-001:

Ulmus rubra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ulmus fulva

 

COMMON NAME:
Slippery Elm, Red Elm


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image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p26

        

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2363_u_rubra

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_345

        

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ulfu_001_lvd

        

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ulru_002_lvd

        

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ulmus_rubra

March        

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JK Marlow    jkm120414_914

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaf tips abruptly acuminate, leaf bases rounded to unequal, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

JK Marlow    jkm210401_9057

April    Polk County    NC

Fruit a flat, nearly round samara, its tip slightly notched & wing hairless, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Ron Lance    rwl_ulmus_rubra_bark

May    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Bark light brown, with interlacing ridges, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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Ron Lance    rwl_20240226_131707

June    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_081821blairsville29

August    Union County    GA

Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center, University of Georgia

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_081821blairsville31

August    Union County    GA

Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center, University of Georgia

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

JK Marlow    s070927_b

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves mostly 4-6" long, doubly-toothed, sandpapery above, hairy below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

JK Marlow    s101121_slipperyelm

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_u_rubra_slipperytwig

November        

Flower buds larger than vegetative buds, globular, rusty-woolly on top half, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ulmus_rubra_3

November        

Buds 5-6mm long, with 6 or more dark scales, rusty-hairy near tip, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmurubra_bark

Month Unknown        

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmurubra_toe

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ulmus rubra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ulmus rubra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ulmus rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-01-001:
Ulmus rubra   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ulmus fulva

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1567

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry calcareous forests, rich bottomlands, rich cove forests in the low Mountains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
4-8 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers numerous in compact fascicles

FRUIT:
Spring
Samara

 

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