Ulmus 'Gallica'

Ulmus
Cultivar 'Gallica'
Origin France

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Gallica' (Chev.) was described as U. gallica by Auguste Chevalier in 'Les Ormes de France' (1942).[1] A probable hybrid by its suckering habit, it was said to be an elm of central and north-west France and the Paris area. The type tree was said by Déséglise to be seen in Bourges.

Description

L'Avenue de Sceaux and the Caserne du Génie, Versailles

A medium-sized suckering elm, not dome-shaped, with upright semi-fastigiate, spreading branching. Leaves largish, oval-elliptic (12–15 cm x 6–9 cm), leathery, asymmetric at base, abruptly acuminated, deep-toothed below the apex, sometimes tricuspidate, with short white-downy petioles. Large samara (up to 2.3 x 1.8 cm); seed central.

Cultivation

Chevalier noted that the tree was sometimes planted in avenues, including the Avenue de Sceaux at Versailles.[2]

References

  1. "Les Ormes de France" (PDF). Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale. 22 (254): 448. 1942.
  2. 'Les casernes de Versailles', cartophilie-viroflay.org
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