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Ulmus thomasii, the rock elm [3] or cork elm (or orme liège in Québec), is a deciduous tree native primarily to the Midwestern United States. The tree ranges from southern Ontario and Quebec , south to Tennessee , west to northeastern Kansas , and north to Minnesota .
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.
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 ...
The American elm is a deciduous tree which, under ideal conditions, can grow to heights of 21 to 35 meters (69 to 115 feet). [3] The trunk may have a diameter at breast height (dbh) of more than 1.2 m (4 ft), supporting a high, spreading umbrella-like canopy.
The tree produces spiky green fruits about the size of a golf ball, which turn brown and drop off the tree over an extended period beginning in fall and continuing over the winter.
Ulmus serotina, the September elm, is an autumn-flowering North American species of tree. It is uncommon beyond Tennessee ; it is only very locally distributed through Illinois , Kentucky , Arkansas , Mississippi , Oklahoma , Alabama , and Georgia , and disjunct populations into Nuevo León , Mexico. [ 2 ]
Ulmus pumila, the Siberian elm, is a tree native to Asia.It is also known as the Asiatic elm and dwarf elm, but sometimes miscalled the 'Chinese elm' (Ulmus parvifolia). U. pumila has been widely cultivated throughout Asia, North America, Argentina, and southern Europe, becoming naturalized in many places, notably across much of the United States.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Detroit was known as the "City of Trees," boasting more trees per capita than any other industrial city in the world. Elms once dominated the boulevards, parks and neighborhoods, but after Dutch elm disease reached Detroit around 1950, the city began losing trees at an alarming rate. By 1980, more than ...