Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Pendula'
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The 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 sensu latissimo cultivar 'Pendula' was listed by C. de Vos http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=172332 in Handboek 20, 1887, as Ulmus sativa pendula, and much later by Boom http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=129895 in Ned. Dendr. 1: 158, 1959, as a cultivar.

Cultivation

Raised in Belgium
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 in 1863, the young twigs are prone to dieback in hard winters. 'Pendula' is not known to have been introduced to North America
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Europe

  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, acc. no. 1973-11710 (as U. carpinifolia var. pendula).
  • Brighton & Hove
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     City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection, http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1108042, street trees in Stanford Avenue, Shaftesbury Road and Denmark Villas.

Australasia

  • Eastwoodhill Arboretum
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    Eastwoodhill is the national arboretum of New Zealand. It covers and is located 35 km northwest of Gisborne, in the hill country of Ngatapa. It was founded in 1910 by William Douglas Cook...

     http://www.eastwoodhill.org.nz/gardens--collection/collection.aspx?Type=&G=Ulmus, Gisborne
    Gisborne, New Zealand
    -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

    , New Zealand
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    , 4 trees, details not known.

Europe

  • Arboretum Waasland http://www.arboretum-waasland.be/English.htm, Nieuwkerken-Waas, Belgium
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    , (as U. carpinifolia 'Pendula').
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