Ulmus procera
Family : Ulmaceae
English Elm
54/119 : Native
Common but usually only as suckers from fallen trees. It was one of the more common trees of the area until the "Dutch Elm" epidemic of the 1980s. There are signs of recovery.

J F Robinson 1902: "Much in evidence." A corky variety is mentioned at Bilton.

Herbarium material: HLU : Cottingham 1953 {R Good}.

R Middleton 2000

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