§1 Plant
Ulmus pumila L.
vernacular Siberian elm — species · Ulmaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ulmaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Ulmus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 354 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–8
- 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
- 70 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 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
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 64,960
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 354 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Piatt 17147
- Randolph 17157
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 105 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nobles 27105
- Pope 27121
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marinette 55075
- Oconto 55083
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ULPU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361877 ↗Record version
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