Ulmus 'Homestead'

  • Filed As

    Ulmaceae
    Ulmus 'Homestead'

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 6900, 16 Mar 2009

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. Grounds of The New York Botanical Garden, ca 0.44 km W (by air) of the Bronx River and ca 0.9 km N (by air) of Fordham Rd/Pelham Parkway/US 1.

  • Habitat

    Cultivated grounds.

  • Description

    Tree 13 m tall, the trunk 36 cm diam; bark maturing, furrows shallow, dark, rough, brown in the depths, the ridges flat, pale brown; young bark grey; principal branches 2, diverging just below 1/2 tree height, ± erect, soon branching again; lateral branches erect, then drooping, the whole crown elongate-cylindrical; flower bud scales brown; filaments white, the anthers purple. Thousands of perfectly circular holes ca 7 mm in diam form distinct horizontal rings on the trunk from near the ground to several meters in height. This cultivar was developed and introducted by the National Arboretum. It is a complex hybrid involving Ulmus glabra X Ulmus carpinifolia X Ulmus pumila.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    NYGB Ascession number: 1394/94 A 'Memorial tree for Dr. W. Welch and H. W. Goff from Drs. N. & P. Holmgren'. Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01088154

    Occurrence ID: 857b9864-eda4-498c-a935-935e5d3963b8

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 01122210, D. E. Atha 6900, Ulmus 'Homestead' - Accepted : Ulmaceae (80.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Rosales

  • Family

    Ulmaceae

  • All Determinations

    Ulmus 'Homestead' det D. E. Atha, 2009

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Bronx Co.

  • Locality

    Grounds of The New York Botanical Garden, ca 0.44 km W (by air) of the Bronx River and ca 0.9 km N (by air) of Fordham Rd/Pelham Parkway/US 1

  • Elevation

    Alt. 26 m. (85 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    40.8649, -73.8799

  • Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Ulmaceae
Ulmus 'Homestead'
det. D. E. Atha, 2009
United States of America. New York: Bronx Co. Grounds of The New
York Botanical Garden, ca 0.44 km W (by air) of the Bronx River and ca
0.9 km N (by air) of Fordham Rd/Pelham Parkway/US 1. 40.864880N,
73.879904W (± 5 m), ca 26 m; accurate to within a radius of ca 5 m).
Cultivated grounds.
Tree 13 m tall, the trunk 36 cm diam; bark maturing, furrows shallow,
dark, rough, brown in the depths, the ridges flat, pale brown; young bark
grey; principal branches 2, diverging just below 1/2 tree height, ± erect,
soon branching again; lateral branches erect, then drooping, the whole
crown elongate-cylindrical; flower bud scales brown; filaments white, the
anthers purple. Thousands of perfectly circular holes ca 7 mm in diam
form distinct horizontal rings on the trunk from near the ground to several
meters in height. This cultivar was developed and introducted by the
National Arboretum. It is a complex hybrid involving Ulmus glabra,
Ulmus carpinifolia and Ulmus pumila. NYGB Ascession number: 1394/94
A 'Memorial tree for Dr. W. Welch and H. W. Goff from Drs. N. & P.
Holmgren'. Sample preserved in silica gel at NY.
Daniel Atha 6900	16 Mar 2009
Specimen databased in KE Emu at NY
01088154