English Elm - Ulmus procera

Large suckering domed tree to 30 metres, but rarely reaching maturity in Britain since the ravages of Dutch Elm Disease. Bark cracks into squares and branches have corky ridges. Leaves have 10 to 12 pairs of lateral veins. Flowers in small clusters appearing before the leaves. Fruits rounded 10 to 17 mm winged with seed above the middle.

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Common within its range in hedgerows. Rare in woodland.

March to April.

Deciduous. Can become quite common in some hedgerows often reaching the size of a small tree when it usually dies, having already produced suckers that become the next generation.

Common in southern and central England, scarcer further north.

Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 525 of the 617 tetrads.