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The American elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Ascendens', 'Upright American Elm', was cloned c.1910 by Bernard H. Slavin, Superintendent of Parks, Rochester, New York, from a tree growing in Seneca Park, Rochester, and named in 1927 for its narrow oval form. [1] See also the similar cultivars 'Columnaris' and 'Augustine Ascending'. It is not known ...
The American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'St. Croix' is a recent (2008) selection cloned from a large tree growing on a farm near Afton, Minnesota, [1] which has displayed a high resistance to Dutch elm disease (DED). [2] A U S patent, PP 20097, was granted in 2009.
Ulmus americana, generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm, [a] is a species of elm native to eastern North America. The trees can live for several hundred years. It is a very hardy species that can withstand low winter temperatures, but it is affected by Dutch elm disease.
The American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Jefferson' was cloned from a tree growing near a path in front of the Freer Gallery of Art, close to the Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [1] The United States National Park Service, which had planted the tree during the 1930s, cloned it in 1993 after screening tests showed that it possessed an ...
The American elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'American Liberty' is in fact a group of six genetically distinct cultivars under a single name, although they are superficially similar. [1] The Liberty elm is reportedly suitable for street planting, being tolerant of de-icing salts and air pollution.
The American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Vase' was selected and propagated in the early 20th century [1] by the Klehm Nurseries, Arlington Heights, Illinois, who advertised it at first as Ulmus americana 'Urnii', 'Klehms' American Vase-Shaped Elm', listing it, along with its stablemate Ulmus americana 'Moline', as a "novelty" in 1926, [2] and describing both in some detail. [3]
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Like all other American Elm cultivars, it is also susceptible to Elm Yellows. No other specific information available, but the species generally is also moderately preferred for feeding and reproduction by the adult Elm Leaf Beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola, [2] and highly preferred for feeding by the Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica [3] [4] in ...