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Swamp Elm
Latin Name:
Ulmus americana
location:
eastern North America from Florida to Newfoundland
The Swamp Elm, which has for Latin name Ulmus americana, can be found more or less around eastern North America, from Florida to Newfoundland. It usually looks like large, deciduous tree, making it a very interesting plant! In the summer, its foliage is more or less alternate leaf arrangement and in the automn it generally looks like turns yellowish-brown. The Swamp Elm (Ulmus americana) has beautiful flowers that are not of any ornamental value and contains fruits that are rounded samaras. An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where we can see dark gray color with deep ridges on it. A fact to point at about its culture would be that easily transplanted An inconvenient with the Swamp Elm can be that Dutch Elm Disease, has nearly wiped out species in North America You can recognize a Ulmus americana having its deeply ridged bark with criss cross pattern. The Swamp Elm's propagation is very interesting since it is mainly done cultivars, by cuttings
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