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Ulmaceae
Ulmus

Ulmus serotina Sargent. Common name: September Elm, Red Elm. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests, bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, lake and pond margins, flatwoods; especially over limestone. Distribution: KY, s. IL, and e. OK south to e. TN, nw. GA, AL, and MS; allegedly disjunct in ne. Mexico (COA and NLE) (Villaseñor 2016). Rugel collected this species on the French Broad River in 1842, the location attributed to NC by Mohr (1901).

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Subgenus: Oreoptelea. Section: Chaetoptelea.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA3, G, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, S, S13, Tn; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Ulmus serotina Sarg. 1899

Links to other floras: = Ulmus serotina - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷

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