North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Genus:
Family:

Ulmus alata

Ulmus alata Michx.

winged elm, wahoo

Cultivar(s): Lace Parasol

Image ID: 17954
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: ULAL
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ulmus alata
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-11-29

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id	Cultivar_name	Action
64	Lace Parasol	View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: ULMUS
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Ulmus
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Elm
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 25-30 species, trees (rarely shrubs), of temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere (most diverse in c. and n. Asia).
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Sherman-Broyles in FNA (1997); Wiegrefe, Sytsma, & Guries (1994); Kurz & Godfrey (1962)=Z; Todzia in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). Key adapted in part from FNA.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ULMACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Ulmaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: De Mirbel 1815
FAMILY COMMON: Elm Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: As here circumscribed (excluding Celtis and relatives), a family of 6-7 genera and about 35 species, of temperate, subtropical, and boreal Northern Hemisphere, rarely extending into the Southern Hemisphere). Zavada & Kim (1996) discuss compelling reasons to remove Celtis from the Ulmaceae.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Sherman-Broyles, Barker, & Schulz in FNA (1997); Zavada & Kim (1996); Todzia in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see CANNABACEAE]

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO:
STEMS: Pith continuous. Young twigs (1-year-old or less) gray or reddish-brown, glabrous or glabrate or pubescent, pilose or puberulent. Twigs (2–4 years old) glabrous or pubescent, winged or without special surface features. Leaf scars crescent-shaped or half-round or triangular, bundle scars 3(–6) per leaf scar, stipule scars present or inconspicuous, stipule scars not circumferential. Bark of mature trunks furrowed or ridged. Buds axillary, brown or reddish-brown, (1–)2–5 mm long, ovoid, blunt or sharp, glabrous or glabrate or pubescent, puberulent, bud scales imbricate.
LEAVES: Leaves deciduous, simple, petiolate or nearly sessile, alternate, distichous, 3–8(–11) cm long, 0.6–4 cm wide, falcate or lanceolate or oblanceloate or obovate or oval or ovate, leaf margins doubly serrate, leaf apices acuminate or acute, leaf bases cordate or cuneate or oblique or rounded. Leaf upper surface green, glabrous or glabrate. Leaf lower surface green, pubescent or with tufts in vein axils. Leaf venation pinnate. Petioles 0.1–0.8 cm long, pubescent. Stipules present, 20–25 mm long, caducous, not circumferential.
INFLORESCENCE: Inflorescences axillary, racemes, flowers stalked.
FLOWERS: Flowers bisexual, hypogynous. Perianth. Calyx radially symmetric, synsepalous. Sepals 5(–9) per flower, brown or green, ovate, sepal apices rounded, persistent. Corolla absent. Androecium. Stamens 5 per flower. Gynoecium. Ovaries superior, pistils 1 per flower. Gynoecium syncarpous, 2 carpels per flower, styles 2 per pistil, placentation apical.
FRUITS: Fruits samaras, 0.6–1 cm long, gray or tan, fruit maturation 1 years.
COMMENTS: Twigs often with corky wings; lateral leaf veins typically straight and parallel to one another.
HEIGHT: (5–)10–20(–35) m tall

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Tree

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION: Deciduous

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: January or February or March.

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
x	x	x	x

BLOOM COLOR:

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
				x	x

FRUITING PERIOD: Mar-Apr.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States

HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:

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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
243	HORT	2011-01-01	Gocke	View
1886	HORT	2011-01-01	Gocke	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
241	2011-0034	2011-01-28	243	View
1119	1985-0864			View
3831	1991-0526			View
4490	1992-0646			View
4900	1995-0018			View
5210	1995-0329			View
5868	1995-0996			View
6358	1995-1490			View
7306	2000-0042	2000-02-02		View
8781	2007-0051	2007-03-14		View
8794	2007-0064	2007-03-14		View
8876	2011-0253	2011-11-30	1886	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
986	8876	43	NCBG staff	2011-01-01	View
2019	1119	167	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
2020	1119	154	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
2021	1119	155	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
2022	1119	159	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
2023	1119	177	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
6140	3831	199	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
6818	4490	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7319	4900	202	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7663	5210	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8383	5868	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
9013	6358	2	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
10275	7306	116	NCBG staff	1999-07-01	View
12033	8781	70	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
12046	8794	70	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
13006	0	17	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13024	0	15	Liloia	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: ULAL
USDA Common Name: Winged Elm
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU				FACU	FACU		FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ulmus alata
COMMON NAME: Winged Elm
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, RAB, S, Va, W, WH3, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Feb-Mar; Mar-Apr.
HABITAT: Rock outcrops, dry and mesic forests and woodlands, bottomlands, old fields, disturbed areas.
COMMENTS: N. VA west to MO, south to c. peninsular FL and c. TX.
RANGE MAP: Ulmus alata.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Ulmaceae De Mirbel 1815 (Elm Family)
SUMMARY: As here circumscribed (excluding Celtis and relatives), a family of 6-7 genera and about 35 species, of temperate, subtropical, and boreal Northern Hemisphere, rarely extending into the Southern Hemisphere). Zavada & Kim (1996) discuss compelling reasons to remove Celtis from the Ulmaceae.
REFERENCE: Sherman-Broyles, Barker, & Schulz in FNA (1997); Zavada & Kim (1996); Todzia in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see CANNABACEAE]

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Ulmus L. (Elm)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 25-30 species, trees (rarely shrubs), of temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere (most diverse in c. and n. Asia).
REFERENCE: Sherman-Broyles in FNA (1997); Wiegrefe, Sytsma, & Guries (1994); Kurz & Godfrey (1962)=Z; Todzia in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). Key adapted in part from FNA.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Ulmus alata in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Ulmus alata in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Ulmus alata in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Ulmus alata in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Ulmus alata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Ulmus alata

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 17954 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 17954 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 17955 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)