Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri'

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Ulmus × hollandica
File:RN Ulmus hollandica Dampieri (bezettingslaan groningen) 040530b.JPG
'Dampieri', Groningen.
Hybrid parentage U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar 'Dampieri'
Origin Europe

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri' is one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor; the tree was originally identified as Ulmus campestris var. nuda subvar. fastigiata Dampieri Hort., Vilv. by Wesmael.[1]

Description

A fastigiate, conical tree with upright branches bearing tough, ovate leaves < 8 cm long, densely clustered on short, glabrous shoots.[2]

Pests and diseases

The tree is susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

Believed to have originated in continental Europe, 'Dampieri' was first marketed in the Low Countries in 1853 [3] and commonly planted in towns during the latter half of the 19th century.[4] 'Dampieri' (as U. montana fastigiata Dampieri) was known to have been marketed in Poland in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery,[5] Warsaw.

Notable trees

Now a rarity in the UK; the TROBI Champion grows at St George's Road, Lambeth, London, measuring 15 m high by 48 cm d.b.h. in 2003.[6]

Synonymy

File:Ulmus carpinifolia Wredei.jpg
Young Dampier Elm at Morton Arboretum, 2007
  • Ulmus campestris var. nuda subvar. fastigiata Dampieri Hort., Vilv.: Wesmael, Bull. Fed. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1862: 339, 1863.
  • Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor) 'Dampier': Plant Buyer's Guide, ed. 6, 1285, of 1958.
  • Ulmus montana var. pyramidalis: Lavallée [4], Arb. Segrez, 237, 1877.

Forms

A golden form, 'Dampieri Aurea', of much the same shape and size, sunk as Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' by Melville.[7] In the UK, the TROBI Champion is at Blaker's Park, Brighton, measuring 17 m high by 57 cm d.b.h. in 2009, when the leaf colour was reverting to green.[6]

Accessions

North America

Europe

Nurseries

Europe

References

  1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
  2. Photographs of young 'Dampieri' elm [2] and mature specimens [3] in Hoorn, Holland (Handbuch der Ulmengewächse, ulmen-handbuch.de/handbuch/ulmus/gattung_ulmus.html)
  3. Meulemans, M., and Parmentier, C., 'Studies on Ceratocystis ulmi in Belgium' in Research on Dutch Elm Disease in Europe, HMSO, London 1983
  4. Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. 1848–1929. Republished 2014 Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781108069380
  5. Ulrich, C. (1894), Katalog Drzew i Krezewow, C. Ulrich, Rok 1893–94, Warszawa
  6. 6.0 6.1 Johnson, O. (2011). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland, 169. Kew Publishing, Kew, London. ISBN 9781842464526.
  7. White, J. & More, D. (2002). Trees of Britain and northern Europe. Cassell, London.