Ulmus 'Homestead'

  • Filed As

    Ulmaceae
    Ulmus 'Homestead'

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 7055, 06 May 2009

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. grounds of The New York Botanical Garden, W of the Bronx River and N of Fordham Rd/Pelham Parkway/US 1.

  • Habitat

    Intensively 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 (produced by sapsucking birds, fide Jessica Arcate). This cultivar was developed and introducted by the National Arboretum. It is a complex hybrid involving Ulmus glabra, Ulmus carpinifolia and Ulmus pumila. See Atha 6900 for flowering specimen of this same tree. NYGB Ascession number: 1394/94 A 'Memorial tree for Dr. W. Welch and H. W. Goff from Drs. N. & P. Holmgren'. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01088215

    Occurrence ID: d7da0c45-63a7-4b27-baae-73ae844837d1

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 01122447, D. E. Atha 7055, 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, W of the Bronx River and N of Fordham Rd/Pelham Parkway/US 1.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 26 m. (85 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    40.8649, -73.8799

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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, W of the Bronx River and N of Fordham
Rd/Pelham Parkway/US 1. 40.864880N, 73.879904W (± 5m), ca 26 m.
Intensively 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 (produced by sapsucking birds, fide Jessica Arcate). This
cultivar was developed and introducted by the National Arboretum. It is a
complex hybrid involving Ulmus glabra, Ulmus carpinifolia and Ulmus
pumila. See Atha 6900 for flowering specimen of this same tree. 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 7055
6 May 2009
01088215