Ulmus rubra
Slippery elm · also Red elm, Gray elm, Soft elm
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Ulmus rubra, commonly known as slippery elm or red elm, is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America. It is found from southeastern Canada down to the central and eastern United States. This species is closely related to the European wych elm.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3380.05%—4.7 in
- 960.03%—7.5 in
- 850.05%—13 in
- 630.05%—19 in
- 450.10%—16 in
- 320.02%—14 in
- 200.01%—13 in
- 140.00%—11 in
- 80.01%—18 in
- 50.01%—18 in
- 40.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.0 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Mississippi lowland forests
Other Ulmus in the catalogue
28 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
