Field elm

GPS coordinates :

50.8003 , 4.3425

Contributors :

woodadmin

Identity

Latin name :

Ulmus minor

French name :

Orme champêtre

Dutch name :

Gladde iep

English name :

Field elm

Family :

Ulmaceae

Height :

Targeted height :

This species can grow up to 45 m

Diameter of the crown :

Trunk circumference :

Expected circumference :

300 cm

Expected longevity :

Can live for 400–500 years

Origin / Indigenous

Western, central and southern Europe, Algeria

Favorite soil :

clay-like, fresh, fertile

Favorite climate

Cool to warm temperate

Collection of the Belgian Federal State on permanent loan to the Meise Botanical Garden: Zorn, Icones plantarum medicinalium, pl. 426, 1784