Wych Elm

Ulmus glabra

Summary 2

Ulmus glabra, the wych elm, Scotch elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese in Greece; it is also found in Iran. A large, deciduous tree, it is essentially a montane species, growing at elevations of up to 1500 m, preferring sites with moist soils and high humidity. The tree can form pure forests...

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) pluralzed, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/pluralzed/156422208/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_glabra

More Info

iNaturalist.ca Map