Ulmus thomasii -- (Rock Elm)


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 Scientific Name:  Ulmus thomasii
 Common Name:  Rock Elm
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Mid Spring
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  120
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  Medium
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Single Stem
 Growth Habit:  Tree
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  12
 Height, Mature (feet):  95
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Long
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  800
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  300
 pH (Maximum):  7.2
 pH (Minimum):  4.5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  25
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  40
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  7000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Low
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -53
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Low)
 Uses:  Lumber, Firewood (Med)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Urticales
 Family:  Ulmaceae
 Genus:  Ulmus

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