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 'Propendens' is a comparatively rare development, believed to have once been popular in eastern Europe.
http://www.plantago.nl/plantindex/index.htm?./u/Ulmus/Ulmus_3.htm=3 .

Cultivation

Probably extinct; no known surviving specimens, although Green treated U. × hollandica 'Rugosa Pendula' as a synonym, and a specimen under that name grows at the Morton Arboretum

Morton Arboretum

The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, covers 1,700 acres and is made up of gardens of various plant types and collections of trees from specific taxonomical and geographical areas. It includes native woodlands and a restored Illinois prairie. The Arboretum has over 4,100 different species of...

 (Acc. no. 652-62). However, the tree in question more closely resembles the common U. × hollandica (see Gallery).

Synonymy

• Ulmus campestris var. microphylla pendula, A. Henry
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  , Rehder
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• Ulmus campestris var. suberosa alata, Hort.: Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728 & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav., 556, 1864.
• Ulmus campestris suberosa pendula Hort.: Späthhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=164815, (Berlin
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  ), Catalogue 69, p. 9, 1887.
• Ulmus rugosa pendula Hort.: Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728 & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav., 556, 1864, as name in synonymy.
• Ulmus suberosa pendula: Audibert, (Tonnelle, Tarascon
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  ), Catalogue 2, p. 53, 1831-32.