Ulmus americana
American Elm
Ulmaceae

Located at base of driveway near President's house.

  • leaves alternate, ovate, with doubly serrate margin
  • leaves dark green, yellow in fall
  • leaves have oblique leaf base (non-symmetric)
  • terminal bud absent
  • lateral buds imbricate, glossy, red-brown, appressed
  • stems thin, red-brown
  • fruit and flower not seen
  • bark gray with scaly ridges
  • habit is a large tree with vase-like habit
  • tree show ascending branches

    View Ulmus Americana page in the UConn Plant Database


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