Biology:Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta'
| Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta' | |
|---|---|
| Species | Ulmus minor |
| Cultivar | 'Stricta' |
The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta' (:'narrow'), formerly known as U. campestris var. viminalis stricta,[1] is a fastigiate form of Ulmus minor 'Viminalis'. A herbarium specimen at Kew labelled U. campestris var. viminalis f. stricta [2] was considered by Melville a form of his U. × viminalis.[3]
Description
A tree of narrow and "very rigid" growth.[3]:75 A herbarium leaf-specimen shows a leaf resembling that of the type tree, 'Viminalis'.[4]
Pests and diseases
Trees of the U. minor 'Viminalis' group are very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive. There was a 'Viminals Stricta' at Kew Gardens in the early 20th century.[1]
Non-ornamental trees identified as Melville's U. × viminalis and matching the form of 'Stricta' occur in East Anglia.[5]
Notable trees
A fine specimen noted by Henry at Milton Abbey, Dorset, in 1913 of what he called U. campestris var. viminalis, which "resembled in habit the Cornish elm", may have been a form of U. minor 'Viminalis' similar to 'Stricta'.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hand-list of trees and shrubs grown in the Arboretum, Kew Gardens (London, 1902), p.617
- ↑ "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1853016". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/WAG.1853016. Sheet described as U. procera Salisb. var. viminalis Rehd. f. stricta (Kew specimen)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Peter Shaw Green (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.
- ↑ "Herbarium specimen - L.1581939". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/L.1581939. Sheet described as U. procera viminalis stricta (Kew specimen, 1931)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tree determined by Coleman (2000), sample no. 5, as Ulmus × viminalis. plot-elms.co.uk/home/cambridgeshire-plot-elms
- ↑ Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. 7. p. 1906. https://archive.org/stream/treesofgreatbrit07elweuoft#page/1906/mode/2up.
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