Ulmus 'Rubra'
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The possible Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Rubra' was listed in the Simon-Louis (Metz
, France
) Catalogue , p. 97, 1869, as Ulmus campestris rubra. Krüssmann, in Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 535, 1962 identified it as a cultivar.
Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra, the Wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese in Greece; it is also found in Iran...
Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Rubra' was listed in the Simon-Louis (Metz
Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) Catalogue , p. 97, 1869, as Ulmus campestris rubra. Krüssmann, in Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 535, 1962 identified it as a cultivar.
Description
The tree is distinguished solely by the deep red colouring of the inner bark of young branchlets .Synonymy
- Ulmus libero-rubra: PlanchonJules Émile PlanchonJules Émile Planchon was a French botanist born in Ganges, Hérault.-Biography:After receiving his Doctorate of Science at the University of Montpellier in 1844, he worked for a while at the Royal Botanical Gardens in London, and for a few years was a teacher in Nancy and Ghent...
, in de Candolle Prodr, 17: 160 1873.