The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta' (:'narrow'), formerly known as U. campestris var. viminalis stricta,[1] is a fastigiate form of Ulmus minor 'Viminalis'. A herbarium specimen at Kew labelled U. campestris var. viminalis f. stricta [2] was considered by Melville a form of his U. × viminalis.[3]
Description
A tree of narrow and "very rigid" growth.[3]: 75 A herbarium leaf-specimen shows a leaf resembling that of the type tree, 'Viminalis'.[4]
Pests and diseases
Trees of the U. minor 'Viminalis' group are very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive. There was a 'Viminals Stricta' at Kew Gardens in the early 20th century.[1]
Non-ornamental trees identified as Melville's U. × viminalis and matching the form of 'Stricta' occur in East Anglia.[5]
Notable trees
A fine specimen noted by Henry at Milton Abbey, Dorset, in 1913 of what he called U. campestris var. viminalis, which "resembled in habit the Cornish elm", may have been a form of U. minor 'Viminalis' similar to 'Stricta'.[6]
References
- ^ a b Hand-list of trees and shrubs grown in the Arboretum, Kew Gardens (London, 1902), p.617
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1853016". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. procera Salisb. var. viminalis Rehd. f. stricta (Kew specimen)
- ^ a b Peter Shaw Green (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - L.1581939". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. procera viminalis stricta (Kew specimen, 1931)
- ^ a b Tree determined by Coleman (2000), sample no. 5, as Ulmus × viminalis. plot-elms.co.uk/home/cambridgeshire-plot-elms
- ^ Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. p. 1906.
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