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Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Pendula'

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Cultivar
  
'Microphylla Pendula'

Origin
  
Europe

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The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Pendula' was first listed by Kirchner[1], in Petzold[2]& Kirchner Arboretum Muscaviense 561, 1864, as Ulmus microphylla pendula . A tree growing under that name at Kew was classed as a nothomorph of Ulmus minor 'Sarniensis' by Melville.

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Description

Not available.

Cultivation

Only one specimen is known to survive, at the RBG Wakehurst Place, where it is cultivated as a hedging plant to keep it free from the attentions of the Scolytus beetles which act as vectors of Dutch elm disease.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris var. gracilis monstrosa: Lavallée [3], Arboretum Segrezianum 235, 1877.
  • Ulmus carpinifolia 'Microphylla Pendula': Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place.

    • Europe

  • Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place, UK, acc. no. 1973-21052 (listed as U. carpinifolia 'Microphylla Pendula')

    • Nurseries

    None known.

    References

    Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Pendula' Wikipedia
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