- Ulmus glabra 'Rugosa'
Infobox Cultivar | name = "
Ulmus glabra "
cultivar = 'Rugosa'
origin = EuropeTheWych Elm "Ulmus glabra" cultivar 'Rugosa' was identified byLoudon in "Arb. Frut. Brit." 3: 1898 as "Ulmus montana (: glabra)" var. "rugosa" Masters; another cultivar of the same name was earlier listed in Audibert's (Tonelle ,Tarascon ,France ) catalogue of1817 but without description.Description
Loudon described the tree as having "dark, reddish-brown bark, cracking into short, regular pieces, very like "
Acer campestre "; a tree of spreading growth and moderate size." It was later described by Hartwig & Rümpler as having somewhat folded leaves, and being pyramidal, thick and bushy Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. "Arnoldia", Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1605.pdf] ] .Cultivation
Only one specimen is known to survive, at Brighton, UK. 'Rugosa' is not known to have been introduced to
North America orAustralasia .Accessions
Europe
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Brighton & Hove City Council,UK ,NCCPG elm collection [http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1108042] .References
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