Description
The tree is very closely related to the Wych Elm Ulmus glabra; it can reach a height of 26 m with a wide-spreading crown, and a trunk of about 0.9 m d.b.h. The bark is longitudinally fissured, and varies in colour from greyish-white to dark grey. The pubescent leaves range from obovate to elliptic, < 16 cm long, and bluish-green in colour . The perfect, wind-pollinated apetalous flowers are produced on second-year shoots in February, followed by generally orbicular samarae < 16 mm in diameter. Branchlets do not possess the corky wings characteristic of many other elm species.
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