Index / Search / Ulmus crassifolia
§1 Plant
Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.
vernacular cedar elm — species · Ulmaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ulmaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Ulmus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 164 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -10 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 220 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.1
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 90 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 35 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 67,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 164 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hunt 48231
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Llano 48299
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Washington 48477
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ULCR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361871 ↗Record version
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