Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia - Ulmus monterreyensis

Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:

Ulmus crassifolia

Family:

Ulmaceae

Genus:

Ulmus

Species:

crassifolia

Common Name:

Cedar Elm

Seeds Per Pound:
49,400
Quantity:
0.83 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
28
Germination:
91%
Germination Test Type:
cut
Purity:
97%
Height:
80-100 feet
Collection Locale:
Louisiana
Crop Year:
2023
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
6
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
In Stock: 0.83 lb
Prices
Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 28 seeds)
$4.95
2 gram (~ 218 seeds)
$10.14
10 gram (~ 1089 seeds)
$12.50
1 oz (~ 3088 seeds)
$25.95
4 oz (~ 12350 seeds)
$77.85
8 oz (~ 24700 seeds)
$138.40
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/16" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
In a Nutshell:
* The Cedar Elm is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing to 24-27 m tall with a rounded crown. The leaves are small, 2.5 cm - 5 cm long by 1.3 cm - 2 cm broad, with an oblique base, and distinguish it from Ulmus serotina with which it readily hybridizes in the wild. Leaf fall is late in the year, often in early winter. The wind-pollinated apetalous perfect flowers are produced in the late summer or early fall, they are small and inconspicuous, with a reddish-purple color. The fruit is a small winged samara 8 - 10 mm long, maturing quickly after the flowering in late fall. more...
* Cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia) grows rapidly to medium or large size in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico, where it may sometimes be called basket elm, red elm, southern rock elm, or olmo (Spanish). It usually is found on moist, limestone soils along water courses with other bottomland trees, but it also grows on dry limestone hills. The wood is very strong, the lumber is mixed with other southern elm species and sold as rock elm. Its seeds are eaten by several species of birds. Within its range, cedar elm is often planted as an ornamental shade tree. It has the smallest leaves of any native elm and is one of two that flower in the fall.
* Cedar elm is a large, oval-rounded tree growing 50-70 ft. high and 40-60 ft. wide. Bark is scaly and the drooping branches have corky ridges. Dark-green leaves are small and rough-textured. Leaves much smaller than those of the American Elm, Fall foliage is yellow except in the southern part of the range where it is evergreen. Tree with rounded crown of drooping branches and the smallest leaves of any native elm.
* The common native elm in east Texas where it is planted for shade. Called Cedar Elm because of the rough, cedar scale-like texture of the leaves and because it is often found in the western part of its range with Ashe Juniper (Juniperus ashei), which is locally called cedar. The Latin species name means thick leaf. more...
Usda description:
More info on http://plants.usda.gov