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Ulmus pumila, the Siberian elm, is a tree native to Asia.It is also known as the Asiatic elm and dwarf elm, but sometimes miscalled the 'Chinese elm' (Ulmus parvifolia). U. pumila has been widely cultivated throughout Asia, North America, Argentina, and southern Europe, becoming naturalized in many places, notably across much of the United States.
A Siberian elm with rough bark and leaves smaller than those of 'Pinnato-ramosa', that remain light green all summer, matching those of 'Poort Bulten', stands near the entrance to Rocheid Path at the northern end of Arboretum Avenue, Edinburgh (2018). [7] Though planted c.1980, the tree does not yet produce fruit (2024).
The Siberian elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Chinkota' [1] was developed from seed of the cultivar 'Dropmore' by the Horticulture & Forestry Department of South Dakota State University c.1955, [2] as one of a seed-produced line of extremely cold-hardy and drought-resistant trees for use in the Great Plains. [3] [4]
The Siberian Elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Pendula' is from northern China, where it is known as Lung chao yü shu (: Dragon's-claw elm). [1] It was classified by Frank Meyer in Fengtai in 1908, [ 2 ] and introduced to the United States by him from the Peking Botanical Garden [ 1 ] as Weeping Chinese Elm . [ 3 ]
The Siberian elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Pinnato-ramosa' was raised by Georg Dieck, as Ulmus pinnato-ramosa, at the National Arboretum, Zöschen, Germany, from seed collected for him circa 1890 in the Ili valley, Turkestan (then a region of the Russian Empire, now part of Kazakhstan) by the lawyer and amateur naturalist Vladislav E. Niedzwiecki while in exile there.
A notably pendulous small-leaved elm in the JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, North Carolina (2019), labelled Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Pendula', 'Weeping small-leaved elm', has U. pumila-type fruit and is indistinguishable in leaf and form from U. pumila 'Dwarf Weeper'. The arboretum acquired other specimen trees from Arborvillage Nursery, Holt ...
The Ulmus pumila cultivar 'Aurescens' was introduced by Georg Dieck at the National Arboretum, Zöschen, Germany, circa 1885.Dieck grew the tree from seed collected in the Ili valley, Turkestan (then a region of Russia, now part of Kazakhstan) by the lawyer and amateur naturalist Vladislav E. Niedzwiecki while in exile there.
The Siberian Elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Manchu' was raised by Stewarts Nurseries, Sutherland, Saskatchewan, c. 1951 from seed collected by Mr Ptitsin from near Harbin, China, an area which has a similar climate to that of the Great Plains. [1]