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Ulmus parvifolia, commonly known as the Chinese elm [2] or lacebark elm, is a species native to eastern Asia, including China, India, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. [3] It has been described as "one of the most splendid elms, having the poise of a graceful Nothofagus ".
The species and its cultivars are highly resistant, but not immune, to Dutch elm disease, and completely unaffected by the Elm Leaf Beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola. [2] Damage caused by the Japanese Beetle is relatively slight. [3]
Allee can reach a height of about 15 m, with a more upright crown shape than its stablemate Athena, its spread approximately 13 m, with arching branches bearing medium green, glossy leaves turning orange to rust red in autumn. The exfoliating, mottled bark has a puzzle-like pattern, and is considered attractive. [1]
The leaves are generally narrow, ranging from obovate to elliptic, up to 15 cm long, and densely hirsute when young. Schneider's leaf-drawing (1907) shows a longish petiole. [ 4 ] The perfect wind-pollinated apetalous flowers are produced on second-year shoots in February; the samarae are mostly obovate < 30 × 16 mm, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with seed ...
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Elsmo' was released by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, at Elsberry, Missouri, in 1990 as an open-pollinated, seed-propagated cultivar of extremely variable progeny.
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Ulmus parvifolia 'True Green' is a cultivar of Chinese elm. It features a graceful, rounded head of small deep-green glossy leaves. It is evergreen in the lower south of the United States. [1] It is hardy to Zone 7. [2]
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Drake' was marketed by the Monrovia Nursery ... to Dutch elm disease, and unaffected by the Elm Leaf Beetle Xanthogaleruca ...