Zelkova carpinifolia

Taxobox
name = "Zelkova carpinifolia"
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref = [IUCN2006
assessors= Güner, A. & Zielinski, J.
year=1998
id=31303
title=Zelkova carpinifolia
downloaded=25 May 2007]

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Autumn foliage
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Ulmaceae
genus = "Zelkova"
species = "Z. carpinifolia"
binomial = "Zelkova carpinifolia"
binomial_authority = (Pall.) Dippel
synonyms =
*"Zelkova acuminata" Planch.
*"Zelkova crenata" Spach
*"Zelkova ulmoides" C.K.Schneid.

"Zelkova carpinifolia" (Zelkova or Caucasian Zelkova) is a species of "Zelkova", native to the Caucasus, Kaçkar, and Alborz mountains in the extreme southeast of Europe and southwest Asia.

It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk of up to 2 m in diameter. The crown is a highly distinctive vase-shape, with a short broad trunk dividing low down into numerous nearly erect branches. The leaves are alternate, 4-10 cm long and 2.5-6 cm broad, the margin bluntly serrated with 7-12 teeth on each side. The flowers are inconspicuous and greenish, with no petals, and are wind-pollinated. The fruit is a small nutlet 5-6 mm in diameter.

It is grown as an ornamental tree in Europe (huge exemplars of it can be found quite often in western part of Georgia called Imereti, used for decorating courtyards in villages and making a pleasant shadow) and more rarely in North America (where the related Japanese "Z. serrata" is more popular).;Hybrid cultivars
*"Zelkova × verschaffeltii"

References

*Andrews, S. (1994). Tree of the year: Zelkova. "Int. Dendrol. Soc. Yearbook" 1993: 11-30.
*Hunt, D. (1994). Beware of the Zelkova. "Int. Dendrol. Soc. Yearbook" 1993: 33-41.
*Rushforth, K. (1999). "Trees of Britain and Europe". HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.