Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Ulmaceae > Ulmus > Ulmus thomasiiUlmus thomasii (rock elm)Synonyms: Ulmus racemosa (heterotypic) Language: French Ulmus thomasii, the rock elm or cork elm, is a deciduous tree native primarily to the Midwestern United States. The tree ranges from southern Ontario and Quebec, south to Tennessee, west to northeastern Kansas, and north to Minnesota. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | Shade Percentage [1] | 86 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Flower Type [3] | Hermaphrodite | | Frost Free Days [2] | 4 months | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Spring | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Spring | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | | Janka Hardness [4] | 1320 lbf (599 kgf) Medium | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 3.346 feet (102 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Low | | Seeds Per [2] | 7000 / lb (15432 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.63 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | Wood - very strong, hard, heavy, tough, elastic, durable, close and beautifully grained, difficult to split. It weighs 45lb per cubic foot and is used for furniture, agricultural implements, wheel hubs and other purposes demanding toughness, solidity and flexibility; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Height [3] | 98 feet (30 m) | | Width [1] | 42 feet (12.8 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | | Water Use [1] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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