Ulmus alata

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderRosales
5. FamilyUlmaceae

Native toAlabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina

Observations recorded10,670

Winged elm generally grows only as scattered trees in mixture with other hardwoods (14). It is not a major component of any forest cover type in the Eastern United States, but it is found in varying amounts in four major types (17): Post Oak-Blackjack Oak Society of American Foresters Type 40), White Oak-Black Oak-Northern Red Oak (Type 52), Swamp Chestnut Oak-Cherrybark Oak (Type 91), and Sugarberry-American Elm-Green Ash (Type 93). In the southern part of the Central Forest Region, winged elm occurs as a minor species in Post Oak-Blackjack Oak. From the Central Forest Region southward through Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama it is associated with White Oak-Black Oak-Northern Red Oak. In the Southern Forest Region and within flood plains of major rivers, winged elm is found in either Swamp Chestnut Oak-Cherrybark Oak or in Sugarberry-American Elm-Green Ash. Here, associated understory trees are eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), and American holly (Ilex opaca).