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With a girth of 6.9 m (22.6 ft) and a height of 40 metres (130 ft), the Ulmus × hollandica hybrid elm on Great Saling Green, Great Saling, near Braintree, Essex, reckoned at least 350 years old, [25] was reputedly the largest elm in England, before succumbing to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1980s; [26] Elwes and Henry (1913) misidentified it as U ...
The ‘Dutch’ elm quickly became popular in eighteenth-century estate plantations in England, survivors today being naturalised relics of this planting fashion; but the tree was always rare in the Netherlands, where from the eighteenth century hollandse iep (Holland elm) meant the widely planted hybrid Ulmus × hollandica Belgica (Belgian Elm). [2]
The tree succumbed to Dutch elm disease and was felled in 1968. A ring count established that it had begun life in the year 1701. [61] The "Great Elm Tree" at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts is believed to have been standing for at least 200 years. It is being well cared for and receives regular treatments for Dutch elm disease. [62]
Rows of American elm trees line a path south of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, DC (November 11, 2006) Several rows of American elm trees that the National Park Service (NPS) first planted during the 1930s line much of the 1.9-mile-length (3.1-kilometer) of the National Mall in Washington, DC. DED first ...
Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) is usually a small to medium-size tree (20-40 feet tall) with compound leaves that have five oval-shaped leaflets. Closely related is the common horsechestnut ( A ...
Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 7th edition. Murray, London. ... New horizons in Dutch elm disease control. Pages 20–28 in: Report on Forest Research, 1996 ...
Dutch elm may refer to: Ulmus × hollandica, natural hybrid between Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra) and Field Elm (Ulmus minor) Ulmus × hollandica 'Major', cultivar of ...
'Pioneer' is a fast-growing tree distinguished by a dense, globular crown, which as it matures becomes more broad than tall, like its U. glabra parent, [1] and casting a heavy shade. The leaves are deep green, and similar in shape to the Wych Elm, [2] colouring yellow and red in the fall. [3]