Ulmus parvifolia 'Cork Bark' | |
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Species | Ulmus parvifolia |
Cultivar | 'Cork Bark' |
Origin | North America |
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Cork Bark' or 'Corticosa is a North American clone.
By 8 to 10 years old, the bark breaks into thick, rough, irregular dark grey scales with deep fissures, the scales being present also on branches. Leaves are 4 cm long, light green in spring, middle green in summer, turning bright yellow in fall. Tree grows some 20 ft tall and correspondingly wide. Described by Dawes Arboretum as "a fast-growing, tough tree". [1]
The species and its cultivars are highly resistant, but not immune, to Dutch elm disease, and unaffected by the Elm Leaf Beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola . [2] 'Cork Bark' is susceptible to elm yellows. [1]
The tree is sometimes chosen for bonsai, on account of its bark.
Ulmus 'Morton' is an elm cultivar cloned from a putative intraspecific hybrid planted at the Morton Arboretum in 1924, which itself originated as seed collected from a tree at the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts. Although this tree was originally identified as Ulmus crassifolia, it is now believed to have been a hybrid of the Japanese elm and Wilson's elm. Accolade has proven to be the most successful cultivar tested in the US National Elm Trial, averaging a survival rate of 92.5% overall.
Ulmus parvifolia 'UPMTF' is a Chinese Elm cultivar that was raised by Moon's Tree Farm nursery, Atlanta, United States.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Burgundy' is a small American development.
Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer II' or 'Emerald Vase' is a Chinese Elm cultivar that was cloned from a tree planted circa 1910 on the University of Georgia campus at Athens.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer I' or 'Emerald Isle' was cloned from a tree planted circa 1920 on the University of Georgia campus at Athens.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Drake' was marketed by the Monrovia Nursery of Azusa, California from 1952 to 1953.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Dynasty' is a United States National Arboretum introduction reputed to be very fast-growing.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Hallelujah' is one of three American introductions made circa 1992 that were selected for their cold hardiness. 'Hallelujah' is known to have withstood -37 °C (-35 °F) in Missouri.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Milliken' is another American introduction.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Pathfinder' is another development by A. M. Townsend of the USDA National Arboretum registered in 1990.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Sempervirens' is an American introduction, commonly known by the synonym 'Evergreen', and may also be in synonymy for U. parvifolia 'Pendens'.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Ohio' was raised by A. M. Townsend at the USDA National Arboretum, and released in 1992.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Geisha' is a dwarf variety, introduced c.1980.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'King's Choice' is one of the early American selections best known for its winter hardiness, able to withstand temperatures of -30 deg. Celsius. 'King's Choice' was patented in 1985.
The American elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Ascendens', 'Upright American Elm', was cloned c.1910 by Bernard H. Slavin, Superintendent of Parks, Rochester, New York, from a tree growing in Seneca Park, Rochester, and named in 1927 for its narrow oval form.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Pendens' was listed by Rehder in Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 26: 473, 1872 as Ulmus parvifolia f. pendens.
The American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Jackson' was cloned c.1990 from an elm selected at Wichita, Kansas, which had reputedly shewn no signs of Dutch elm disease damage at over 50 years of age.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Elsmo' was released by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, at Elsberry, Missouri, in 1990 as an open-pollinated, seed-propagated cultivar of extremely variable progeny.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Garden City Clone' was raised in Kansas. The champion tree was 18 m tall in 1993; however, the name 'Garden City Clone' is not officially recognized.
The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Yarralumla' is a cultivar raised by the Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra, Australia.