You can definitely recognize an elm by its typical growth, the leaves or the fruit. Differentiating between the different types of deciduous tree is a bit more difficult. But if you know which details you have to pay attention to, the distinction is not a problem at all. In this profile you will learn everything about the wych elm. The deciduous tree has numerous interesting facts to offer in terms of growth habit, flower and fruit formation and occurrence.

The mountain elm is also called white elm

General

  • German name: mountain elm
  • Latin name: Ulmus glabra
  • further designations: white elm
  • Family: Elm family
  • Tree species: deciduous tree
  • maximum age: up to 400 years

Happen

  • Origin: local
  • Distribution: throughout Europe, up to an altitude of 1300 meters
  • Locations: ravine and shady hillside forests
  • Soil requirements: moist, nutrient-rich, basic, loamy and alumina
  • Particular danger: Dutch elm disease introduced by the Dutch elm bark beetle (sac fungus).

habit

growth

  • maximum height: up to 40 meters
  • Trunk diameter: up to 3 meters

blossoms

  • Pollination: self-pollination
  • Flowering time: March to April
  • sessile
  • Shape: cymes
  • hermaphrodite
  • male at 30-40 years
  • blooms every two years
  • Colour: inconspicuous yellow
  • Size: 3-6mm

leaves

  • Arrangement: alternate
  • Shape: elliptical, ovoid
  • sawn leaf edge
  • deciduous
  • asymmetrical
  • Size: 8-20 cm long, 5-9 cm wide
  • leaf top; dark green, rough
  • Underside of leaf: slightly lighter, with white hairs
  • three-pointed
  • Risk of confusion with the hazel

bark and wood

  • Color of the bark: grey-brown
  • Appearance of the bark: smooth when young, later fissured lengthwise
  • Color of the wood: yellowish-white sapwood, pale grey, reddish core
  • ring porous
  • tough
  • moderately hard
  • very pressure and impact resistant
  • Wood is considered valuable
  • can be processed well
  • beautiful grain

fruit

  • Type of fruits: nut fruits
  • Shape: spherical
  • Fruit ripening: May to June
  • has a thin wing
  • Size: 10-25mm
  • spread by the wind
  • only germinable for a short time
  • germinates after two to three weeks
  • The seed is in the center of the fruit

root

  • Type of root: taproot when young, later sinker root
  • very deep and stable

use

  • in gardens, avenues or parks
  • Wood is used for veneers, furniture, guns, parquet, musical instruments or paneling

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Trees