Ulmus parvifolia

• BOTANICAL NAME: Ulmus parvifolia
• COMMON NAME: Chinese Elm
• FAMILY: Ulmaceae
• NATIVITY: China, Asia
• GROWTH HABIT: 40-50’ (70’)
• HARDINESS:  Zone (4)5 to 9
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:   Full sun and moist soils,
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Successional
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  None defined
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  Nice replacement for the American Elm.  Often admired for its mottled bark.  Grows well in highly disturbed areas, abandon lots, and along roadsides.
• FOLIAGE:   Typical elm leaf, alternate, simple, broad elliptical and serrated.  
• BUDS:  Sharply pointed, long, and brown
• BARK:  Mottled, exfoliating bark, orangish gray bark
• FRUIT:  Elliptic-ovate samara; the only elm that fruits in the fall
• PESTS:  None serious