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Ulmus glabra 'Australis'

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Ulmus glabra 'Australis'
SpeciesUlmus glabra
Cultivar'Australis'
OriginEngland

Ulmus glabra 'Australis' is a Wych Elm cultivar described by Loudon in 1838,[1] from a tree in the Royal Horticultural Society garden, as U. montana var. australis Hort..[2]

Loudon's 'Australis' is not to be confused with Henry's U. campestris 'Australis', a tall southern European field elm or hybrid cultivar with an oval leaf and longer petiole.[3]

Description

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Loudon said the variety had "rather smaller leaves, and a more pendulous habit, than the species", but did "not appear to be different in any other respect".

Pests and diseases

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See under Ulmus glabra.

Cultivation

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No specimens are known to survive, though wych elms of a similar type sometimes occur among avenue and park plantings in Edinburgh.

References

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  1. ^ Loudon, John Claudius (1838). Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum. Vol. 3. p. 1398.
  2. ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. pp. 1904–1905.