Ulmus 'Folia Rhomboidea'
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'Folia Rhomboidea' is one of a number of cultivars possibly arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra with a variety of Field Elm
Ulmus minor. First mentioned by Morren
in Jour. Agric. Prat. Belg. 4: 509, 511, 1851 as U. campestris latifolia, foliis rhomboides.
but for the rhomboid shape of the leaf .
Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra, the Wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese in Greece; it is also found in Iran...
Ulmus glabra with a variety of Field Elm
Field Elm
Ulmus minor Mill., the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor; its northern outposts are the Baltic islands of Öland and Gotland, although it...
Ulmus minor. First mentioned by Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren , was a Belgian botanist and horticulturist, and Director of the Jardin botanique de l’Université de Liège....
in Jour. Agric. Prat. Belg. 4: 509, 511, 1851 as U. campestris latifolia, foliis rhomboides.
Description
Reputed to resemble 'Pitteurs'Ulmus 'Pitteurs'
Ulmus Pitteurs is probably one of a number of elm cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm Ulmus glabra with a variety of Field Elm Ulmus minor...
but for the rhomboid shape of the leaf .