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*Ulmus laevis*, commonly known as the spreading elm, is a species of deciduous plant within the family Ulmaceae. It belongs to the genus *Ulmus* and is classified in the order Rosales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is part of the kingdom Plantae.
The native range of *Ulmus laevis* is China. It has also been introduced to Great Britain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, and Uzbekistan. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Data Deficient in 2017, while its regional conservation status is listed as Critically Endangered. Specimens of the plant are held in institutions such as USCH, DEK, MOR, CDA, and OBI, with records from countries including Austria, Poland, the United States, Russia, and Canada.
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Species
Data DeficientSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyUlmaceae
Ulmus laevis, el olmo blanco europeo, olmo temblón u olmo pedunculado es un gran árbol de hoja caduca, perteneciente a la familia de las ulmáceas, cuya área de distribución es el Centro, Este y Sureste de Europa, así como Asia Menor; va desde el noreste de Francia al sur de Finlandia, y por el este llega hasta los Urales y por el sureste hasta Bulgaria y Crimea; hay también una población separada en el Cáucaso. Además, un pequeño número de árboles de esta especie que se han encontrado en España son considerados actualmente una población relicta más que una introducción de la mano del hombre, y posiblemente el origen de la población europea.[1] Selo postal de Ucrania Esencialmente endémico del bosque aluvial, rara vez se encuentra a una altura de más de 400 m.[2] Más frecuentemente se encuentra a lo largo de ríos como el Volga y el Danubio, es uno de los pocos olmos tolerantes a condiciones del terreno inundadas y anóxicas. El olmo temblón es alógamo y está estrechamente emparentado con el olmo americano U. americana. Índice 1 Descripción 2 Plagas y enfermedades 3 Cultivo 4 Usos 5 Propagación 6 Árboles notables 7 Subespecies y variedades 8 Investigación 9 Taxonomía 10 Véase tambié
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 668
- With media
- 346
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Collections
- USCH, DEK, MOR, CDA, OBI, CM
- Recorded in
- Austria, Poland, United States, Russia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Russian Federation
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Encyclopedic overview
Ulmus laevis Pall., variously known as the European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm and, in the United States, the Russian elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe, from France northeast to southern Finland, east beyond the Urals into Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, and southeast to Bulgaria and the Crimea; there are also disjunct populations in the Caucasus and Spain, the latter now considered a relict population rather than an introduction by man, and possibly the origin of the European population. U. laevis is rare in the UK, although its random distribution, together with the absence of any record of its introduction, has led at least one British authority to consider it native. NB: The epithet 'white' elm commonly used by British foresters alluded to the timber of the wych elm.
The species was first identified, as Ulmus laevis, by Pallas, in his Flora Rossica published in 1784. The tree is allogamous and is most closely related to the American elm U. americana.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ulmus laevis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.