Nigra (Wych Elm cultivar)
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The Wych Elm U. glabra cultivar Nigra, the Black Irish Elm, was first mentioned by Loddiges, ex Loudon, in Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1898. The tree was said to have particularly deep-green leaves.
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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions
[edit] North America
None known.
[edit] Europe
- ?Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place, acc. no. 1973.21051, as U. glabra Cinerea
[edit] Nurseries
None known.
[edit] Synonymy
- Ulmus cinerea: Kirchner in Petzold & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav. 559, 1864, name in synonymy.
- ?Ulmus glabra Cinerea: RBG Electronic Plant Information Centre 2007.
[edit] References
- Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
