Manchurian elm
Ulmus laciniata · Ulmaceae · 난티나무
How to spot it
The leaf tip usually has three lobes.
Look
- Leaves
- Broadly obovate or elliptic, usually with three lobes at the tip, 10-20 cm long and 5-20 cm wide. Margins have sharp double teeth, and the upper surface is rough with short hairs.
- Flowers
- In April, bisexual flowers cluster in the leaf axils of one-year-old twigs; the stamens are crimson and the style splits in two.
- Fruit
- A flat samara, broadly egg-shaped, 1.5-2 cm long, maturing in May-June.
- Bark
- Gray-brown, shallowly fissured lengthwise. One-year-old twigs are light brown and hairy, gradually becoming hairless.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Found in the far south of the Russian Far East, China and Japan; in Korea it is native to the central region and north and Ulleungdo, and along the Baekdudaegan (down to Gangwon).
- Ecology
- Grows well in deep, moist ground such as valleys and streams. Very shade-tolerant and cold-hardy, but weak against salt wind and pollution.