NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Ulmus rubra [=Ulmus fulva]

Scientific Name:	Ulmus rubra [=Ulmus fulva]
Genus:	Ulmus
Species Epithet:	rubra
Common Name:	Slippery Elm, Red Elm
Plant Type	Tree
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Ulmaceae (Elm Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	36-72 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	Red, Brown
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Dry, Moist
Bloom Time:	Feb, March, April
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Moist to fairly dry calcareous forests, rich bottomlands, rich cove forests in the low Mountains. In NC, infrequent to fairly common in the Piedmont and the central and southern mountains, being most numerous (fairly common) in the southern mountains and southwestern Piedmont. Rare to locally uncommon in the Coastal Plain, and essentially only along brownwater rivers (mostly the Roanoke and Neuse) and other areas of high pH soils. Likely absent in the Sandhills region.
Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Highest Wildlife Value
Landscape Value:	Not Recommended for home landscapes
State Rank:	S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Notes:	Susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
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Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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