Bloom Time
Dec, Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Trees, Native Plant, Tree
Lifespan
Woody, Perennial
Plant Height
72-100 ft.
Flower
The American elm has insignificant small green flowers that appear in spring before the foliage emerges. In North Carolina, flowers are available from February to March., Drooping clusters of 3-4, appearing before the leaves, small, hairy.
Fruit
The flowers give way to single-seeded wafer-like samaras (each tiny seed is surrounded by a flattened oval-rounded papery wing). The seeds mature in April-May as the leaves reach full size. In North Carolina, fruits are available from March to April., Samaras ovate to oval, veiny, flat, smooth on the faces but densely ciliate along the edges, with a small perforation near the top.
Shade tree, Fast growing, Attractive, Fall conspicuous
Birds
Butterflies
Order
Urticales
Family
Ulmus - Elms
Genus
Ulmus
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