Ulmus 'Karagatch'

Ulmus hybrid
Hybrid parentage U. pumila and U. × androssowii
Cultivar 'Karagatch'
Origin Kazakhstan

Ulmus 'Karagatch' is a hybrid cultivar from Turkestan (from a region now part of Kazakhstan), selected in the early 20th century and considered either a backcrossing of U. × androssowii and U. pumila, or simply a cultivar of × androssowii. It was introduced in the 1930s as U. 'Karagatch', under which name it was planted at Kew.[1]

Description

The Kew specimen (mature by the 1990s and felled in 2015 as 'unsafe') had the appearance of a northern European field elm, more tall than broad, with a denser canopy than that of U. pumila 'Turkestan'.[1]

Pests and diseases

No information available.

Etymology

The name 'karagatch' (:'black tree' in the Turkic languages, widely used for 'elm') has historically also been applied to U. minor 'Umbraculifera' (syn. U. densa) from the same region , and more loosely to field elm found in Turkey and to U. pumila found in Mongolia.[2]

Accessions

North America

Europe

References

  1. 1 2 More, D. & White, J. (2013). Illustrated Trees of Britain and Northern Europe,  p.409. Cassells, London.
  2. de Roerich, G. (1931). Trails to Inmost Asia. Yale University Press.
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