Chinese Elm
Ulmus parvifolia · Ulmaceae · 참느릅나무
How to spot it
Bark flakes off leaving mottled brown, gray and olive patches; leaves are small with an asymmetric base.
Look
- Leaves
- Small simple leaves are alternate with toothed margins and a slightly asymmetric base.
- Flowers
- Inconspicuous small reddish-green flowers grow in clusters.
- Fruit
- Light brown samaras with a flat, papery wing around the seed.
- Bark
- Bark peels irregularly, forming mottled patches of brown, gray and olive.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Native to northern and central China, Japan and Korea.
- Ecology
- U.S. horticultural sources describe it as able to spread by self-sown seedlings, and tolerant of air pollution and many soil conditions.