Ulmus thomasii

rock elm

SPECIES

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

Native toArkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey

Observations4,113

Observations recorded4,482

Rock elm is a minor component in two forest cover types: Sugar Maple-Beech-Yellow Birch (Society of American Foresters Type 25) and Black Ash-American Elm-Red Maple (Type 39). In addition to type species, other important associates include white ash (Fraxinus americana), black cherry (Prunus serotina), basswood (Tilia spp.), northern red oak (Quercus rubra), American elm (Ulmus americana), eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), and eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). Some of the woody shrubs commonly associated with rock elm include prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta), blackberry and raspberry (Rubus spp.), dogwoods (Cornus spp.), gooseberry (Ribes spp.), Atlantic leatherwood (Dirca palustris), bittersweet (Celastrus scandens), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), grape (Vitis spp.), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), American and redberry elder (Sambucus canadensis and S. pubens), and nannyberry (Viburnum lentago).

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

1,295

With media

779

Family

Ulmaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, QUE, ENCB-IPN

Recorded in

Canada, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Ulmus

Image

Ulmus thomasii (meisse) 1.jpg

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