Where is this tree UK or else where? Definitely Ulmus sp...common name Elm. Will need to research American elm. To be so healthy and old it is not a common UK one or it would have had Dutch elm disease and be dead.
Thanks. The tree is in north London. The owner has an NGS garden and is a collector of rare plants. I agree that at this mature height the beetle might have attacked the tree by now. I don't know about genetic variance.
I have consulted my books. No blinking help. Sorry. Above my pay grade. Except that Ulmus laevis ..A common elm sp...European white elm should be easier to id.The flowers and fruits are distinct because they are long stalked and flutter in the slightest breeze.
If garden is in NGS then the owner may know the id of this handsome specimen. Worth an e mail to ask.
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Definitely Ulmus sp...common name Elm.
Will need to research American elm.
To be so healthy and old it is not a common UK one or it would have had Dutch elm disease and be dead.
No blinking help. Sorry.Â
Above my pay grade.
Except that Ulmus laevis ..A common elm sp...European white elm should be easier to id.The flowers and fruits are distinct because they are long stalked and flutter in the slightest breeze.
If garden is in NGS then the owner may know the id of this handsome specimen.
Worth an e mail to ask.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ulmus+laevis&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLq4WLo-LxAhUB8hQKHeIbBewQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=577#imgrc=rBYaVVFSFfzz7M
Worth an e mail to ask."