Ulmus
parvifolia
Ornamental
Ulmus (Elm)
Moderate.
Lustrous and thick, dark green leaves with an evenly and shallowly serrated margin. In autumn the leaves turn bronzy-orange to yellow or yellowish-green and often are reddish in a very narrow band along the margins. However, the tree may be semi-evergreen in warmer climates.
Ornamental greyish-brown, exfoliating in patches to reveal brownish-orange younger bark on older trees. Young branches with numerous orange lenticels (pores).
Samaras up to 9 mm in diameter, maturing in late autumn.
Broadly ovate to rounded, if slightly irregular, with wide spreading branches.
Inconspicuous flowers in late summer.
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