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Your search found 17 taxa in the family Ulmaceae, Elm family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Slippery Elm, Red Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus rubra FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus rubra FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus rubra 056-01-001 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Moist to fairly dry calcareous forests, rich bottomlands, rich cove forests in the low Mountains
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Elm, White Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus americana var. americana FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ulmus americana FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus americana 056-01-002 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bottomland forests, moist slopes, especially on relatively or strongly nutrient-rich substrates
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Florida Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus americana var. floridana FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ulmus americana FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus americana 056-01-002? FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Shell middens, other calcareous forests
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Winged Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus alata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus alata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus alata 056-01-003 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, dry and mesic forests and woodlands, bottomlands, old fields, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cedar Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus crassifolia FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus crassifolia FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, hardwood flatwoods; rarely river bluffs and ravines
Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
September Elm, Rock Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus serotina FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus serotina FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests, bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, lake and pond margins, flatwoods; especially over limestone
Rare
Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina
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Common Name:
Wych Elm, Scotch Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus glabra FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus glabra FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Lacebark Elm, Chinese Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus parvifolia FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus parvifolia FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Disturbed secondary forests, roadsides, fencerows, old fields, other disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: China & Japan
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Common Name:
Siberian Elm, Dwarf Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus pumila FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus pumila FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Planer-tree, Water-elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Planera aquatica FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Planera aquatica FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Planera aquatica 056-02-001 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: River swamps where flooded (often to depths of 1-2 m) in the winter
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis laevigata FAMILY: Cannabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on natural levees, upland calcareous forests and woodlands, shell middens
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis smallii FAMILY: Cannabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001? FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Glades, woodlands, forests
Common in Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis occidentalis FAMILY: Cannabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis occidentalis FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis 056-03-002a FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, and bottomland forests, usually over calcareous substrates
Mostly rare in GA-NC-SC (uncommon in GA Mountains & SC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Hackberry, Dwarf Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis pumila FAMILY: Cannabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis pumila FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. georgiana 056-03-002b FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, exposed bluffs, stream banks, and disturbed areas, often over calcareous substrate
Common to uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Chinese Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Celtis sinensis FAMILY: Cannabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis sinensis FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands
Waif(s)
Non-native: China, Japan & Korea
Common Name: Japanese Zelkova
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Zelkova serrata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Zelkova serrata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Planted frequently for ornament, persisting or spreading by seeding down
Waif(s)
Non-native: China, Japan & Korea
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Common Name:
English Elm, English Cork Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus minor FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ulmus procera FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Planted horticulturally, rarely spreading
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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