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Ulmus carpinifolia Ruppius ex Suckow

Elm

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
English Elm
Français Orme; Orme à feuilles de charme
Italiano Olmo campestre
Suomi Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Norsk Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Čeština Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Español Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Svenska Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Polski Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Український Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Român Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Русский Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Български Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
EESTI Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
日本語 Feldulme; Feld-Ulme; Rüster
Other names

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe
States and Territories Azerbaijan; Albania; Armenia; Austria; Luxembourg; Baleares; England; Channel Isl.; Bulgaria; Belarus; Montenegro; Corsica; Czech Republic; Croatia; Denmark; France; Channel Isl.; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Georgia [Caucasus]; Switzerland; ?Liechtenstein; Netherlands; Spain; Gibraltar; Hungary; Italy; San Marino; S-Lithuania; Portugal; Macedonia; Moldova; Poland; European Russia; Northern Caucasus; Romania; Sardinia; Sicily; Slovakia; Slovenia; Serbia & Kosovo; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Sweden; Turkey (Anatolia); Crimea; Ukraine; Azerbaijan [I]; Armenia [c]; Baleares [I]; Estonia [I]; Ireland [I]; Northern Ireland [I]; Kazakhstan [I]; Turkmenistan; Tajikistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Greece; East Aegaean Isl.; European Turkey; Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Israel (N-Israel); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, NW-Syria); Pakistan [I]
[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 carpinifolia
Author citation Ruppius ex Suckow
Scientific name Ulmus carpinifolia Ruppius ex Suckow

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

Physical properties

Density, air dry u =15%, lower limit 480.00 %
Density, air dry u =15%, upper limit 860.00 %

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

Mechanical properties

Compressive strength, mean value 45–56 N/mm2
Tensile strength, mean 80.00 N/mm2
Flexural strength, mean 72–89 N/mm2
Young's modulus, mean 11000.00 N/mm2

Areas of application

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

Appearances

Wood

Elm

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