Ulmus_×_hollandica_'Haarlemensis'

<i>Ulmus</i> × <i>hollandica</i> 'Haarlemensis'

Ulmus × hollandica 'Haarlemensis'

Elm cultivar

The elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Haarlemensis', said to have been grown from seed c.1880 from a hybrid parent tree, was first listed by Springer as U. campestris haarlemensis in 1912.[1][2]

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Description

A slow-growing tree, forming an unbroken, broad pyramidal crown, with small, glossy, dark-green leaves persisting for several weeks longer than most in autumn.[3][4][5]

Cultivation

Saplings grown from seed by Haarlem head forester J. Kollerie were first planted along a new canal in the city in 1891.[2] An U. campestris 'Haarlemensis' was cultivated in the Poort Bulten Arboretum in the 20th century.[4] No specimens are known to survive.

References

  1. [1]
    "Neue Gehölze". Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft. 21: 366. 1912.
  2. [2]
    Springer, Leonard (1912-12-14). "Ulmus campestris Wheatleyi en Ulmus campestris Haerlemensis". Onze Tuinen. 7 (24): 277–288.
  3. [3]
    Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Herbarium specimen - L.1586966". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. carpinifolia 'Haarlemensis' (Springer), Poort Bulten Arboretum , Oldenzaal (1929)
  5. [5]
    "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1852781". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. campestris 'Haarlemensis', Haarlem (1915)
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