The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Tomentosa' was first listed as Ulmus tomentosa by Kirchner in Arboretum Muscaviense (1864). Arboretum Muscaviense 566 (1864) The Hesse Nursery of Weener, Germany, distributed an Ulmus montana tomentosa in the 1930s. Green listed it as a wych elm cultivar.
Description The tree was later described as having the undersides of the leaves covered with thick, soft hairs, giving a pronounced grey-green appearance.
Cultivation A 'Tomentosa' is listed in the Red Data Book of the Baltic Region (1993),Ingelög, T., Anderson, R., & Tjernberg, M. (eds.). 1993, Red Data Book of the Baltic Region. Part 1. Lists of threatened vascular plants and vertebrates. Uppsala: Swedish Threatened Species Unit. 95 pp. suggesting that the cultivar may still survive there. It is not known to be in cultivation elsewhere.
Synonymy Ulmus tomentosa: Petzoldkiki.huh.harvard.edu & Kirchner
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