Ulmus Laciniata

Ulmus laciniata, known variously as the Manchurian, Cut-leaf, or Lobed Elm, is a deciduous tree native to the humid ravine forests of Japan, Korea, northern China, eastern Siberia and Sakhalin, growing alongside Cerciphyllum japonicum, Aesculus turbinata, and Pterocarya rhoifolia, at elevations between 700 m and 2200 m, though sometimes lower in more northern latitudes, notably in Hokkaido.

The tree is similar to the Wych Elm Ulmus glabra, and was originally treated as such by Houtzagers and Henry, but later accorded species status of its own largely by reason of the enormous disjunction in their respective areas; U. glabra extending across Europe as far as the Urals, several thousand kilometres from U. laciniata in the Far East.