Rock elm | |
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Rock elm, Meise. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Ulmaceae |
Genus: | Ulmus |
Subgenus: | U. subg. Oreoptelea |
Section: | U. sect. Chaetoptelea |
Species: | U. thomasii
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Binomial name | |
Ulmus thomasii | |
Natural range of Ulmus thomasii | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Ulmus thomasii, the rock elm[3] or cork elm (or orme liège in Québec), is a deciduous tree native primarily to the Midwestern United States. The tree ranges from southern Ontario and Quebec, south to Tennessee, west to northeastern Kansas, and north to Minnesota.[4]