winged elm (Ulmus alata)
Family: Ulmaceae
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| Form:
This tree is small to medium in size and has spreading branches with a rounded crown. |
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Shape: alternate; simple Margin: elliptical to ovate-lanceolate Texture: doubly serrate Variation: scabrous to glabrous above; pubescent below |
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| Bark:
The bark is thick, gray in color and has deeps furrows separated by interlaced ridges. |
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| Twigs and Buds:
The twigs are winged and slender. They are also glabrous and zigzagging. |
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| Flowers and Fruit:
The flowers appear in clusters and are small and reed in color. The fruit is a flat samara. |
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| Distinguishing Characteristics:
The fruit is a flat samara, the twig is winged and the tree is small to medium in size. |
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| Range:
The species occurs from southern Virginia to southern Missouri and south to eastern Texas and east to the Atlantic Coast. |
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| Silvics:
This species has an intermediate tolerance and occurs in moist to dry uplands. |
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