Ulmus pumila

• BOTANICAL NAME: Ulmus pumila
• COMMON NAME: Siberian Elm
• FAMILY: Ulmaceae
• NATIVITY: Asia; China and Korea; escaped
• GROWTH HABIT:  50-70’
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone 4 to 9
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Grows well in disturbed areas, along railroad tracks, in highly developed areas
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Successional
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  None defined
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  Little benefits
• FOLIAGE:   Alternate, simple, elliptical and serrated.  acuminate.  
• BUDS:  Almost black in color and large, globose, imbricately scaled
• BARK:  Gray and deeply furrowed throughout
• FRUIT:  Circular samara
• PESTS:  Highly susceptible to diseases