Ulmus pumila L.

  • Filed As

    Ulmaceae
    Ulmus pumila L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 6894, 02 Dec 2008

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. West of the region known locally as "the Hub", meaning the junction of the Metro North Railroad's Hudson and Harlem Lines, NW corner of W 150th St. and Anthony J. Griffith Place;.

  • Habitat

    vacant lot with several large Ulmus pumila and other weedy species such as Artemisia vulgaris and Polygonum cuspidatum, etc.

  • Description

    Tree 10-12 m tall, the trunk 55 cm diam; bark with short, deep furrows, reddish basally, the ridges braided, rough, scaly, turning black, somewhat corky; main branches several, no one particularly dominant, arising from lower 1/3 of tree height, erect to ascending, then bending outward at top of tree, lateral branches ascending, then pendulous; leaves mostly dropped. Largest tree in immediate vicinity 15 m tall and ca 120 cm diam.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01087611

    Occurrence ID: 516a87ee-3c24-4ed4-a763-1a2a3c12c7a1

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 01122206, D. E. Atha 6894, Ulmus pumila L. - Accepted : Ulmaceae (80.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Rosales

  • Family

    Ulmaceae

  • All Determinations

    Ulmus pumila L. det D. E. Atha, 2008

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Bronx Co.

  • Locality

    West of the region known locally as "the Hub", meaning the junction of the Metro North Railroad's Hudson and Harlem Lines, NW corner of W 150th St. and Anthony J. Griffith Place;

  • Township, Range, Section

    , ca

  • Elevation

    Alt. 11 m. (36 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    40.8194, -73.926

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The New York Botanical Garden
Ulmaceae
Ulmus pumila L.
det. D. E. Atha, 2008
United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. West of
the region known locally as "the Hub", meaning the junction
of the Metro North Railroad's Hudson and Harlem Lines,
NW comer of W 150th St. and Anthony J. Griffith Place;.
40.819366N, 73.926027W, ca 11 m (coordinates and
elavation from digital world map; accurate to within a radius
of ca 5 m). Vacant lot with several large Ulmus pumila and
other weedy species such as Artemisia vulgaris and
Polygonum cuspidatum, etc.
Tree 10-12 m tall, the trunk 55 cm diam; bark with short,
deep furrows, reddish basally, the ridges braided, rough,
scaly, turning black, somewhat corky; main branches
several, no one particularly dominant, arising from lower 1/3
of tree height, erect to ascending, then bending outward at
top of tree, lateral branches ascending, then pendulous;
leaves mostly dropped. Largest tree in immediate vicinity
15 m tall and ca 120 cm diam.
Daniel Atha 6894	02 Dec 2008
BOTANICAL
QARDEti
Specimen databased at NY in KE Emu.
01087611