Cork Elm

Synonyms:   Rock Elm

Scientific Name:   Ulmus thomasii


Among the earliest blooming trees, often flowering in late winter. Furrowed, gray trunk bark, becoming thick, corky, and somewhat spongy with age. Bent terminal bud.

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Cork Elm


Genus species: Ulmus thomasii
Common Names: Cork Elm, Rock Elm
Family Name: Ulmaceae  
Trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, the base oblique, stipulate; flowers small and greenish, bisexual or unisexual and plants monoecious, regular or irregular; fruit a samara, drupe, or nutlike.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:None None None
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom  
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