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Ulmus laevis Pall.

European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm, Russian elm (US)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
English European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm, Russian elm (US)
Français Orme lisse, orme blanc, orme pédonculé
Italiano Olmo bianco, Olmo ciliato
Suomi Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Norsk Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Čeština Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Español Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Svenska Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Polski Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Український Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Român Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Русский Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Български Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
EESTI Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
日本語 Flatter-Ulme, Flatterrüster, Weissrüster
Other names

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe
States and Territories Albania; Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Bulgaria; Belarus; Channel Isl. [I]; Montenegro; Corsica; Czech Republic; Croatia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Greece; Switzerland; Netherlands; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia; Moldova; Poland; European Russia; Northern Caucasus; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Serbia & Kosovo; S-Sweden (Øland); Crimea; Ukraine; Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Azerbaijan [I]; Armenia [c]; Corsica [I]; Spain [I]; England [I]; Crimea [c]; Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia); European Turkey; Iran (N-Iran)
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Ulmaceae
Genus Ulmus
Species laevis
Author citation Pall.
Scientific name Ulmus laevis Pall.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers ringporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/ulmul-el.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis rot bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) S
Termites S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 2-3
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood s

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 630.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 650.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 680.00 kg/m3

Areas of application

Furniture; Flooring; Doors & Windowframes; interior panelling; art objects

Appearances

Bark

European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm, Russian elm (US)

ULLA , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm, Russian elm (US)

ULLA , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm, Russian elm (US)

ULLA , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm, Russian elm (US)

ULLA , Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson