Species name :

Ulmus glabraHudson
Published in Hudson, Fl. Angl. 95 (1762)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Ulmus montana

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Ulmaceae Mirbel (The Elm Family)
5 species from the Ulmaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Wych Elm

Maltese name(s) :

Ulmu

Status for Malta :

Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Macro-Phanerophyte (high trees usually over 10m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

May-Jun

Colour of Flowers:

Inconspicuous

Habitat in Europe:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Botanical Description:

Tree up to 40 m, without suckers. Twigs stout, hispid when young. Leaves suborbicular or broadly obovate to elliptical; lateral veins 12-18 pairs. Fruit 15-20 mm; seed central.

Chromosome number:

2n=28

Distributional range:

Most of Europe, but rare in the north-east and much of the Mediterranean region.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Belgium, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sweden

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

Ab(A N) Al Ar Au(A L) Be(B L) BH Br Bu By Cg Co Cs Ct Da Es Fe Ga(C F) Ge Gg(A G) Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu It La Lt Mk Mo No Po Rf(C CS E N NW S) Rm Si(S) Sk Sl Sr Su Sy Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [cFa cIs nLu]

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