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    • Three Domains and Six Kingdoms of Life >
      • PROTISTA (Protist kingdom)
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          • Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum)
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          • Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
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            • Pines - Asian
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            • Pine Needles
            • Pine Cones
          • Cypress family (Cupressaceae) >
            • Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)in
            • Hinoki Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
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            • TAXUS (Yew genus)
        • MAGNOLIOPHYTA (Flowering Plant division) >
          • Dicot class (Magnoliopsida) >
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                • Acorns
              • Elm family (Ulmaceae) >
                • Elm genus ULMUS
                • Japanese Zelkova (Zelkova serrata 'Green Vase')
              • Maple family (Aceraceae) >
                • Red Maple (Acer rubrum) >
                  • Red Maple in Spring
              • Birch family (Betulaceae) >
                • Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
              • Katsura family (Cercidiphyllaceae) >
                • Katsura Tree (Cercibiphyllum japonicum)
              • Loosestrife (family Lythraceae) >
                • Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia 'Natchez')
              • Soapberry family (Sapindaceae) >
                • Goldenrain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
              • Storax family (Styracacaeae) >
                • Japanese Snow-bell (Styrax japonicus)
              • Linden family (Tiliaceae) >
                • Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa)
            • Tree and Shrub Families >
              • Pea family (Fabaceae) >
                • Peas - shrubs
                • Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius 'Moonlight')
                • Peas - trees - locusts
                • Peas - trees - U.S. - Asian
                • Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)
                • Japanese Pagoda Tree
            • Mixed Families >
              • Rose family (Rosaceae) >
                • Juneberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
                • Autumn Brilliance Juneberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance')
                • Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima')
                • Black Chokeberry
                • Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)
                • Crabapples >
                  • Sugar Tyme Crabapple (Malus 'Sugar Tyme')
                  • Golden Raindrops Crabapple (Malus transitoria 'Schmidtcutleaf')
                • Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii')
                • Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red')
                • Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)
                • Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana 'chanticleer')
                • Spirea
              • Aster family (Asteraceae) >
                • White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
                • Wormwood (Artemisia x 'Powis Castle')
                • Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
                • Blanket Flower (Gaillardia sp.)
                • Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
              • Mint family (Lamiaceae) >
                • Bluebeard (Caryopteris x Clandonensis 'Blue Mist')
                • Catmint
                • LAMIACEAE Mint Family Wildflowers
                • Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
                • Purple Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
                • Russian Sage (Perovskia x Superba)
            • Wildflower families >
              • Potato family (Solanaceae) >
                • Solanus genus
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        • Arthropod phylum (Arthropoda) >
          • Spiders & Kin class (Arachnida) >
            • Spiders (Araneae) >
              • Orbweaver family (Araneidae) >
                • Black-and-Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)
                • Trashline Spider (Cyclosa conica)
                • Spotted Orbweaver Spider (Neoscona crucifera)
              • Other Spider families >
                • Orchard Orbweaver Spider (Leucauge venusta)
                • Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
                • Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
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                    • Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
                    • Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
                    • Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
                    • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
                    • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
                    • American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
                  • Fritillaries (subfamily Heliconiinae
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                  • Tiger Swallowtail, Eastern (Papilio glaucus)
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                  • Whites
                  • Sulphurs >
                    • Colias
                    • Genus Phoebis
              • Untitled >
                • Nessus Sphinx Moth (Amphion floridensis)
                • Snowberry Clearwing Moth (Hemaris diffinis)
                • Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
                • American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana))
                • Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)
                • Sweetheart Underwing Moth (Catocala amatrix)
                • Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea)
                • Evergreen Bagworm Moth (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
              • Skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea)
            • Dragonfly and Damselfly order (Odonata) >
              • Dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera) >
                • Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
                • Skimmer family (Libellulidae) >
                  • Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)
                  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
                  • Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)
                  • Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
            • Katydid, Cricket, Grasshopper order (Orthoptera) >
              • Long-horned Orthoptera suborder (Ensifera) >
                • Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata)
                • Restless Bush Cricket (Hapithus agitator)
              • Grasshoppper suborder (Caelifera) >
                • Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
            • Beetle order (Coleoptera) >
              • Lady Beetle family (Coccinellidae) >
                • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
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                  • Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Life Cycle
                • Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
                • Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintimaculata) >
                  • Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle Life Cycle
              • Other Beetle families
            • Cicada and Bug order (Hemiptera) >
              • True Bug suborder (Heteroptera)
              • Swamp Cicada (Tibicen tibicen)
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                  • Mallard Ducklings
                • Gadwall (Anas strepera) >
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                • Black Duck, American (Anas rubripes) >
                  • Black Duck Ducklings - 2013
              • Diving Duck subfamily (Aythyinae) >
                • Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
                • Scaup, Greater (Aythya marila)
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                • Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
                • Long-tailed Duck [Oldsquaw] (Clangula hyemalis)
                • Merganser, Red-breasted (Mergus serrator)
                • Merganser, Common (Mergus merganser)
              • Stiff-tailed Duck subfamily (Oxyurinae) >
                • Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
              • Goose subfamily (Anserinae) >
                • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) >
                  • Canada Goose Goslings >
                    • Canada Goose Goslings - 2008 - 2012
                    • Canada Goose Goslings - 2013
                • Brant, Atlantic (Branta bernicla hrota)
              • Swan subfamily (Cygninae) >
                • Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
            • Loon family (Gaviidae)
            • Grebe family (Podicipedidae)
            • Cormorant family (Phalacrocoracidae)
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            • Lamiales (mint order)

ULMUS
Elm genus


Ulmus x hollandica
'Groeneveld'
Smoothleaf Elm

Ulmus parvifolia
'ARoss/Central Park'
Chinese Elm

Ulmus parvifolia
'Emer II'
Lacebark Elm

Ulmus rubra
Slippery Elm


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Hudson River Park locations:
(N3b)
(N4b)
sections

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Hudson River Park location:
Charles Street to West 11th Street (N3b) section
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Hudson River Park location:
Morton Street to Christopher Street (N1) section
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Hudson River Park locations:
Charles Street to West 11th Street (N3a & N3b) sections

Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
    Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
        Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
            Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                    Subclass  Hamamelididae
                        Order  Urticales
                            Family  Ulmaceae – Elm family
                                Genus  Ulmus L. – elm
Species
Ulmus × hollandica 
Mill. –  Dutch elm
Species
Ulmus parvifolia
Jacq. –   Chinese elm
Species
Ulmus parvifolia
Jacq. –   Chinese elm
Species
Ulmus rubra 
Muhl. –  slippery elm

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Lacebark Elm




Central Park Splendor (trademark)

  • ulmus (L) = "elm"
  • parvufolia (L) = "small leaves"

Native to China, Korea, Japan

Native habitat: Rich soil and near water courses 

Edibility
  • Samara fruit while green, raw or cooked
  • Seeds when wings have dried, raw or cooked
  • Young leaves raw or cooked

Salt spray tolerance moderate

Commemorates Arthur Vining Ross

Erroneously known as 'Across Central Park'

Propagated from specimen in Central Park, NYC, believed to be largest and oldest in US

Reported invasive in DC, NC, NE, NJ,
VA, and WI 
Chinese Elm
Drake Elm
Drake Chinese Elm
Drake Lacebark Elm


Emerald Vase
Allee (trademark)

  • ulmus (L) = "elm"
  • parvifolia (L) = "small leaves"

Native to China, Korea, Japan

Native habitat: Rich soil and near water courses 

Edibility
  • Samara fruit while green, raw or cooked
  • Seeds when wings have dried, raw or cooked
  • Young leaves raw or cooked

Salt spray tolerance moderate








Propagated from specimen found on U. of Georgia campus, Athens, Georgia

Reported invasive in DC, NC, NE, NJ, VA, and WI
Red Elm
Gray Elm
Soft Elm





  • ulmus (L) = "elm"
  • rubra (L) = "red"


Native to eastern North America

Lifespan: ave. 200 years 


Named for inner bark, which is moist and sticky ("slippery") and red

Tree / Buds / Bark

Tree
Buds
Bark
Tree
  • Deciduous
Bark
  • Exfoliating
Tree
  • Deciduous
Buds
  • Smallest of all elms
  • Brown
  • Slightly hairy
  • Flat against twig
Bark
  • Exfoliating
  • Colors revealed outlined by orange lenticels
Tree
  • Deciduous
Buds
they are covered with reddish-brown hairs, are dark in color, and are somewhat round. 
Bark
  • Deeply furrowed
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Exfoliating bark
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September
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Exfoliating bark
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May
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March
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Flowers

Perfect
  • Small, inconspicuous
  • Wind pollinated
  • Appear in early autumn
Perfect
  • Small, inconspicuous
  • Wind pollinated
  • Appear in early autumn
Perfect
  • Inconspicuous
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September
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April

Fruit

Samaras
  • Round
  • Ripen April to May
Samaras
  • Round
  • Appearing in early autumn
Samaras
  • Rounded
  • Notched at tip
  • Appearing in early autumn
Samaras
Small
Flat
Winged
Circular
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Foliage

Leaves
Leaves
  • Arrangement alternate
  • Structure simple
  • Elliptic
  • Margins toothed (serrate)
  • Venation pinnate
  • Apex acute
  • Base oblique
  • Dark green
  • Small
Leaves
  • Arrangement alternate
  • Structure simple
  • Elliptic
  • Margins toothed (serrate)
  • Venation pinnate
  • Apex acute
  • Base oblique
  • Dark green
  • Small
  • Persist into new year
Leaves
  • Arrangement alternate
  • Structure simple


pointed at the tip and doubly toothed. They are from 4 to 7 inches long and the sand papery texture of the upper surface and asymmetrical base distinguish slippery elm from other elms in the state. The lower surface of the leaves can be either smooth or hairy. 
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Margins toothed (serrate); venation pinnate. Above: upper side; Below: under side
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