Ulmus 'Gallica'

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Gallica' (Chev.) was described as U. gallica by Auguste Chevalier in 'Les Ormes de France' (1942).[1] A probable hybrid by its suckering habit, it was said to be an elm of central and north-west France and the Paris area. The type tree was said by Déséglise to be seen in Bourges.

Ulmus 'Gallica'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Gallica'
OriginFrance

Description
L'Avenue de Sceaux and the Caserne du Génie, Versailles

A medium-sized suckering elm, not dome-shaped, with upright semi-fastigiate, spreading branching. Leaves largish, oval-elliptic (12–15 cm x 6–9 cm), leathery, asymmetric at base, abruptly acuminated, deep-toothed below the apex, sometimes tricuspidate, with short white-downy petioles. Large samara (up to 2.3 x 1.8 cm); seed central.

Cultivation

Chevalier noted that the tree was sometimes planted in avenues, including the Avenue de Sceaux at Versailles.[2]

References
  1. "Les Ormes de France" (PDF). Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale. 22 (254): 448. 1942.
  2. 'Les casernes de Versailles', cartophilie-viroflay.org
  • "Specimen - P06882780". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). Sheet labelled Ulmus montana Smith, relabelled Ulmus gallica Chev.; specimen from Bourges, 1854
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