Flower Notes:
Brown (Not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous dark green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall, of variable intensity)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Samaras; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist soils and is pH tolerant and soil salt tolerant
Range:
Western Europe and North Africa
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Glossy dark leaves are 1.5-4" long by 1-2" wide (smaller than Ulmus americana), simple, alternate, unequal at base (oblique), doubly serrate with 12 parallel veins from mid-vein to the teeth. Veins pubescent on the underside of the leaf. The petiole is usually pubescent. Buds have soft silky pubescence.
