Ulmaceae > Ulmus (elm) |
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Durham Co., NC
17 Feb 2009Twig with flowers. American Elm flowers in late winter in NC. |
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Durham Co., NC
17 Feb 2009Close up of flowers and buds. |
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Durham Co., NC
17 Feb 2009Flower close-up |
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC
9 March 2008Fruits (samaras) are green with a notched tip and hairy margin. |
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Durham Co., NC
17 Feb 2009Distingishing American Elm from Slippery Elm can be challenging but only American Elm shows alternating light and dark bands in a cross section of mature bark. (Slippery Elm bark is all dark brown.) |
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Durham Co., NC
17 Feb 2009Medium size tree. |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Mixed woods in Orange Co., NC
29 Oct 2008Leaves are slightly asymmetric at their bases (less so than other elms), and are usually (but not always) somewhat rough-hairy above. Winged Elm leaves average much smaller than leaves of the other two elm species in North Carolina. |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Wake Co., NC
24 May 2009 |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Wake Co., NC
24 May 2009 |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
8 March 2009Like all elms in North Carolina, Winged Elm flowers in late winter (Feb/Mar). |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
8 March 2009Flower detail |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC
9 March 2008Winged Elms fruits develop rapidly after flowering and showing a mix of brown, gray, red, and/or green colors. They have a strong notch at the tip and lots of hairs along the fringe. |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
3 Apr 2010 |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
3 Apr 2010 |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
8 March 2009Twigs are reddish brown and finely fuzzy with relatively long pointed buds. |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC
9 March 2008Winged Elm gets its common name from the corky wings that often (but not always) develop on some of the twigs. |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
3 Apr 2010 |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Durham Co., NC
8 March 2009 |
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC
9 March 2008Winged Elm is usually a small to medium sized tree. This Winged Elm has poison ivy growing up its trunk. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.