How Can We Help?
You are here:
< Back
Elm cultivar
The American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Nigricans' Dieck was cloned from a selection made from seedlings raised by the Zöschener Baumschule, Zöschen, Germany, and listed by Georg Dieck with a brief description in Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg, 1885.[1]
An 'American Black Elm', "a variety of Ulmus americana of more erect habit", was marketed by Trumbull and Beebe's nursery, San Francisco, in the 1890s, along with a batch of other European elm cultivars.[2]
Description
The tree was distinguished by its very dark green foliage. Occasionally listed as 'Nigrescens', it has caused confusion with a U. minor cultivar of that name.[3]
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive.
Synonymy
- U. americana f. nigrescens Dieck: Schelle in Beissner et al. Handbuch der Laubholz-Benennung 87. 1903.
References
- ^ Dieck, G., Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg (Zöschen 1885), p.80
- ^ 'Trumbull & Beebe's descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees', San Francisco, 1892; p.35
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
Categories
-
Annuals36
-
Bulbs, Corms & Tubers41
-
Ferns27
-
Fruits3
-
Garden Plants23
-
Grasses26
-
Herb17
-
Insects1
-
Mammals1
-
Midwest Native Plants0
-
Northeast Native Plants112
-
Perennials123
-
Rose1
-
Shrubs47
-
Trees112
-
Tropical Plants53
-
Upland Birds5
-
Vines18
-
Viola Tricolor1
-
Water Gardening & Plants9
-
Waterfowl0
-
Wetland Birds0
-
Wetland Plants4
-
Wildbirds172
-
Wildflowers1
-
Woodland Plants29
Table of Contents
Recent Comments