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Ulmus procera Salisb.

English elm

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
English English elm
Français Orme
Italiano Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Suomi Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Norsk Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Čeština Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Español Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Svenska Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Polski Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Український Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Român Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Русский Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Български Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
EESTI Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
日本語 Englische Ulme, Haar-Ulme
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe
States and Territories Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I]); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya [I]; Albania; ?Austria; Baleares; England; Channel Isl.; Wales; Bulgaria; Croatia; France; Greece; Hungary [I]; Macedonia; Romania; Slovenia; Serbia & Kosovo; France [I]; Ireland [I]; Ireland [I]; Northern Ireland [I]; Germany [I]; Azores [I] (Santa Maria Isl. [I], Sao Miguel Isl. [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Connecticut [I], Illinois [I], Kansas [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Missouri [I], North Carolina [I], Nevada [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Tennessee [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I]); Canada [I] (New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I]); Bolivia [c]; South Africa [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

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

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

Appearances

Bark

English elm

ULPR , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

English elm

ULPR , Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson