Biology:Ulmus glabra 'Minor'

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Ulmus glabra 'Minor'
SpeciesUlmus glabra
Cultivar'Minor'
OriginEngland

The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Minor' was described by Loudon in Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum 3: 1398, 1838.

Description

Loudon described the tree as having "more branching and spreading habit, of lower growth, with more twiggy shoots and these more densely clothed with leaves".[1]

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

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.