Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Ulmaceae
Ulmus rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Ulmaceae
Ulmus rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Ulmaceae
056-01-001
Ulmus rubra

Common Name:
Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Tree
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain of NC, SC, GA)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in moist to fairly dry calcareous forests, rich bottomlands, rich cove forests in the low Mountains, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring
Greenish
Bisexual

Fruit:
Spring
Samara

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Landscaping with Native Trees p253
Trees of the Southeastern US p236
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p43




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JK Marlow      s050916_b


September
Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park

Leaves mostly 4 to 6" long, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

Acknowledgments to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review

 

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JK Marlow      s070927_b


September
Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges

Leaves doubly-toothed, sandpapery (scabrous) above, hairy below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

Acknowledgments to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review

 

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Patrick D. McMillan      pdmurubra_bark


Month Unknown

Bark light brown, with interlacing ridges, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

Acknowledgments to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review

 

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Patrick D. McMillan      pdmurubra_toe


Month Unknown

Acknowledgments to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review

 

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