Scots elm Ulmus glabra

Growing form

Deciduous tree.

Size

15–25 m high.

Stem

The branches are erectopatent. The crown is broadly funnel-shaped. The tree does not produce root sprouts.

Leaf

The buds are nearly globose, obtuse and dark. The leaf-arrangement is spiral. The leaves are 10–18 cm long. The lamina is simple, doubly serrate, obovate, asymmetric (the longer side of the lamina is often rolled on top of the petiole), abruptly acuminate, scabrous above, and glabrous or glabrate beneath. The vein nodes are comose on the abaxial side. Most lateral veins are forked at the apical end. The petiole is 3–5 mm long.

Flower

The tree flowers before budding of leaves. The inflorescence is a dense umbel. The flowers are bisexual, small and short-pedicelled. The perianth is connate and four- or five-lobed. The anthers are purple.

Fruit and seed

The fruit is a samara, 16–30 mm x 14–20 mm. The wing is glabrous.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Excursion to Åland - Nature trail, Nåtö. CC BY 4.0

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Scientific name
Ulmus glabra
Author
Huds.
Vernacular names
  • vuorijalava (Finnish)
  • skogsalm (Swedish)
  • Scots elm (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.37975
Taxon rank
Occurrence in Finland
Status in Finland
Regulatory Status
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019
  • 2010
  • 2000
Expert
  • Pertti Uotila
DNA barcode sequences
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  • Vascular plants