Taxon: Ulmus pumila L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

NM*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Ulmus pumila var. arborea (no accessions)
• Ulmus pumila var. pilosa (no accessions)

Common names:

• dwarf elm   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• littleleaf elm   (Source: Wiegrefe, p.c.) – English
  
• Siberian elm   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• yu shu   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• sibirische Ulme   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• olmo siberiano   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• no-nire   (Source: F Korea ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• bisulnamu   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• turkestansk alm   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (for land reclamation fide L. Gilbert, pers. comm. 1998)
  
• Gene sources: disease resistance for elms   (to Dutch Elm Disease fide New Trees 881. 2009)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai [e.], Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang
  Eastern Asia: Korea

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada [s.e.]
  United States

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. [re. use for land reclamation].
• Grimshaw, J. & R. Bayton. 2009. New trees: recent introductions to cultivation. 881.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
• Todzia, C. A. & J. L. Panero. 1998. A new species of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) from southern Mexico and a synopsis of the species in Mexico. Brittonia 50:346.
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. [introd.].
• Wiegrefe, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ulmus pumila.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ulmus pumila.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ulmus pumila.

Synonyms:

• Ulmus turkestanica Regel [= Ulmus pumila var. arborea]
  

Check other web resources for Ulmus pumila L.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Ulmus pumila cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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