Ulmus davidiana var. japonica

For another plant also known as Japanese elm, see Zelkova serrata.

Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species:
U. davidiana
Variety:
U. d. var. japonica
Trinomial name
Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
Synonyms
  • Ulmus campestris Komarov
  • Ulmus campestris L. var. japonica Rehder
  • Ulmus campestris var. laevis Fr. Schmidt
  • Ulmus campestris var. vulgaris Shirasawa
  • Ulmus davidiana var. levigata (C. K. Schneid.), Nakai
  • Ulmus davidiana var. japonica f. suberosa Nakai
  • Ulmus japonica (Rehder), Sarg.
  • Ulmus japonica var. levigata C. K. Schneid.
  • Ulmus propinqua Koidz.
  • Ulmus wilsoniana C. K. Schneid.

Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, the Japanese elm, is one of the larger and more graceful Asiatic elms, endemic to much of continental northeast Asia and Japan, where it grows in swamp forest on young alluvial soils, although much of this habitat has now been lost to intensive rice cultivation.[1]

  1. ^ Makita, H., Miyagi, T., Miura, O., and Kikuchi, T. (1979). A study of an alder forest and an elm forest with special reference to their geomorphological conditions in a small tributary basin. In: Vegetation und Lansdschaft Japans. Bull: Yokohama Phytosoc. Soc. Japan 16, 1979