Biology:Ulmus 'Nigrescens'

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Short description: Elm cultivar


Ulmus 'Nigrescens'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Nigrescens'
OriginEurope

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Nigrescens' was identified by Pynaert [1] as Ulmus campestris betulaefolia nigrescens. Considered by Green [1] to be "probably Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor), but said to have been raised from seed of Purpurea".

Description

The tree was described as having leaves like those of the Birch, and with a darker and more persistent hue than the Wych Elm cultivar 'Purpurea'.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy

NB. Nigricans: Bailey & Bailey, Hortus 625, 1930, as U. (americana) nigricans, name in synonymy for U. americana f. nigrescens, not U. campestris betulifoliae nigrescens Pynaert.

References

  1. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia (Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University) 24 (6–8): 41–80. https://archive.org/stream/arnoldiaarno_21#page/40/mode/2up/. Retrieved 16 February 2017.