The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Planeroides' [:Planera-like elm] was described by Carrière in the Revue horticole, 1875.[1] It was considered "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" [:U. minor ] by Green.[2]
Not to be confused with Späth's U. montana viminalis which, though "also distributed under the name Planera aquatica",[3] has osier-like leaves, Planera being the old name for Zelkova, a close relative of elm with willow-like leaves.[4]
Description
The tree was described as having leaves like Planera aquatica.[2]
Pests and diseases
Most field elm clones are susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive.
Putative specimen
A pruned elm with Planera-like leaves, possibly the cultivar 'Planeroides', stands in Stanford Avenue, Brighton.[5]
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Stanford Avenue tree -
Same, April -
Short-shoot foliage of same -
Long-shoot foliage -
Pressed leaves -
Bark
References
- ^ Revue horticole: journal d'horticulture practique, 1875, p.287, fig. 48 Revue horticole 1875: 287, fig. 48, 1875
- ^ a b Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Katalog (PDF). Vol. 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
- ^ Gerald Wilkinson, Epitaph for the Elm (London, 1978), p.47
- ^ 51 Stanford Avenue, Brighton (north tree), England.
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