Features:
Deciduous
Growth Stage:
Seedling
Color:
Green
Climate:
Humid Continental, Humid Subtropical, Temperate
Sunlight:
Full Sun, Low Sun, Medium Sun
MPN:
Does not apply
Genus:
Ulmus
Growth Rate:
Fast
Foliage:
Broadleaf
Indoor/Outdoor:
Outdoor
Common Name:
American Elm
USDA ZONE 3-9 Ulmus americana, generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm, is a species of elm native to eastern North America, naturally occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas. The American elm is an extremely hardy tree that can withstand winter temperatures as low as −42 °C (−44 °F). Trees in areas unaffected by Dutch elm disease (DED) can live for several hundred years. A prime example of the species was the Sauble Elm, which grew beside the banks of the Sauble River in Ontario, Canada, to a height of 43 m (140 ft), with a d.b.h of 196 cm (6.43 ft) before succumbing to DED; when it was felled in 1968, a tree-ring count established that it had germinated in 1701.