Ulmus pumila L.

  • Filed As

    Ulmaceae
    Ulmus pumila L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 6899 with Matthew Pace, 14 Mar 2009

  • 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 ca 20 Ulmus pumila trees of various ages, the largest and oldest to 15 m tall and 120 cm diam.

  • 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; flower bud scales reddish brown; filaments white, the anthers blackish/purple. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01087792

    Occurrence ID: f34d7b86-6b57-4c79-aee5-964979a97748

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 01122209, D. E. Atha 6899, 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, 2009

  • 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

  • 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, 2009
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 hand-held gps and digital world map;
accurate to within a radius of ca 5 m). Vacant lot with ca 20
Ultnus pumila trees of various ages, the largest and oldest to
15 m tall and 120 cm diam.
Tree 10-12 m tall, the trunk 55 em 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;
flower bud scales reddish brown; filaments white, the
anthers blackish/purple.
Sample preserved in silica gel at NY.
Daniel Atha & Matthew Pace 6899	14 Mar 2009
Specimen databased at NY in KE Emu
01087792