- Ulmus × elegantissima
Infobox Cultivar | name = "
Ulmus " × "elegantissima"
hybrid = "U. glabra" × "U. minor" var. "plotii"
origin = England "Ulmus" × "elegantissima" Horwood is a natural hybrid discovered in theMidlands ,England and generally assumed to be a crossing of "U. glabra" and "U. minor" var. "plotii" "Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs". (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.] . The tree should not be confused with "U. suberosa (: minor?) elegantissima" Hort. listed by Kirchner [http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729] , in Kirchner & Petzold [http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728] "Arb. Muscav." 556,1864 , as a synonym for "U. × viminalis" 'Variegata' (: Marginata).Pests and diseases
"Ulmus" × "elegantissima" is susceptible to
Dutch elm disease .Cultivation
Mature trees are possibly extinct beyond Brighton in the UK. Melville found several at Foscot Copse,
Didcot , and at Didcot Power Station in 1980 and 1976 resp. The tree is not known to have been introduced toNorth America orAustralasia .ynonymy
*"Ulmus montana (: glabra)" var. "etrusca": Nicholson in "Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs" 2: 139.
1896 .Cultivars
*'Balder', 'Freja', 'Jacqueline Hillier', 'Loke', 'Odin', 'Tyr'.
Accessions
Europe
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Brighton & Hove City Council,UK ,NCCPG Elm Collection [http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1108042] , 1 tree at Hartington Road, Brighton, 1 tree at Trinity Church,Eastbourne .References
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