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Chinese elm

Ulmus parvifolia

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Ulmus parvifolia, commonly known as the Chinese elm or lacebark elm, is a species native to eastern Asia, including China, India, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, and Vietnam. It has been described as "one of the most splendid elms, having the poise of a graceful Nothofagus".

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Kadry Samuels

Interesting Facts 4

Et-Touil A, Rioux D, Mathieu FM, Bernier L. 2005. External symptoms and histopathological changes following inoculation of elms putatively resistant to dutch elm disease with genetically close strains of ophiostoma. Canadian Journal of Botany 83(6):656-67.

The Chinese Elm refers to a woody plant species that is native to Asia, Korea, and Japan and grows in the temperate to the subtropical regions, which has deciduous leaves that have an ovate shape along with dentate edges. The Ulmus parvifolia was for the purpose of ornamentals, prior to the introduction of the Dutch elm disease, to which the trees become most vulnerable through the timing of bud burst. (Ghelardini et al. 2017) The Chinese Elm grows rapidly and produces a complete foliage, noting that the plant generates green, red flowers throughout the summer season. Markedly, the leaves of the Elm change color that ranges from indistinctively yellow through reddish purple as the fall and winter climates begin to approach, when the plants will perhaps not perform any photosynthesis. As such, Ulmus parvifolia, or Chinese Elm, is a temperate to subtropical plant species that had decorative purposes in the past cultures, noting that with the health complications through Dutch Elm Disease, many from the species have disappeared or died.

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