Elm rough (Ilm mountain)

This mighty tree is indispensable for landscaping cities due to its thick lush foliage, rapid growth, adaptation to polluted air. Elm rough curdouni is used in landscape design to create tree-shrub compositions, shade arbors, design alleys. The light-loving tree creates shade and coolness, which is indispensable in the city in the summer.

Biological description

Elm rough - a representative of the Elm family. The name Ilm comes from the Latin name for the family - Úlmus glábra. The tree grows to 30 - 40 meters, the trunk width usually reaches 80 cm, although some sources call a record 2 meters in girth. The bark is a dark, rough texture, with deep cracks. When describing a rough elm, it is worth noting Ikrona: it is round, with large leaves reaching 15 cm in length. The surface of the sheet is corrugated, the edges are serrated. The root system is powerful, well branched.

Distribution of species

It grows from Karelia in the north to Asia Minor in the south, in the Caucasus it can be found at an altitude of 1400 m above sea level, which is why the tree is also called mountain elm or mountain elm. It is found in Europe, China, North America.

In nature, it can be found in mixed, deciduous forests, along rivers, in steppe regions on the slopes of ravines.

Popular representatives

Different types of elm are used in gardening and design to create high alleys or cozy chamber compositions.

Pendula

Tall, up to 40 meters, a representative of the family. It has large leaves, the shape of the branches is weeping, Kronas has a flat top, it grows wide. Suitable for shading alleys, squares, arbors.

Elm rough pendula planted along the roads for snow retention and along the edges of the fields to protect the soil from wind erosion.

Campdouni

Unusual dome-shaped outline of the crown is achieved by vaccination. With a compact (up to 5 meters) growth and large leaves, it allows you to create interesting compositions.

The tree looks good in group compositions, although single instances look original.

Weeping

A small trunk, the tree compensates with long branches, spreading (up to 10 meters) with a crown in the shape of an inverted bowl. The shape and color of the leaves are slightly different - they resemble an egg, not an oval; in the fall they do not turn yellow, but become brown. Alleys formed by a weeping elm are spectacular and durable.

Features of growing

The tree grows well in various soils, except saline. It is resistant to frost and drought. Light-loving, but grows in partial shade.

Planting and reproduction

Elms are propagated by fully ripened seeds. Flowering lasts 4-7 days and occurs in March or April, before the leaves appear. Female flowers form bunches, inflorescences are in the sinuses. Anthers - male parts of the breeding apparatus, also formed by bunches on short cuttings.

The seeds are lionfish, they are formed in large quantities and spread over long distances due to their special shape. Planting seeds is done in the fall and seedlings take root fairly well after transplanting.

The optimum land is:

• loose
• well hydrated
• with subacid Ph level,
• fertile.

Some species of elm trees are grafted. This allows you to create new decorative forms and improve the quality of seedlings.

Tree care

To simulate the crown trees pruned. Also contact of branches with the ground surface is not allowed. In drought, watering is recommended, in spring and summer - fertilizing with complex fertilizers and pest treatment.

For the prevention of Dutch elm disease, organic biostimulants are introduced into the soil.

The use of rough elm

In addition to landscaping, landscape design and the formation of forest plantations, elm is a source of quality wood.It is used for the manufacture of furniture, finishing materials, parts and equipment. Such wood has valuable technical properties: strength, elasticity, low shrinkage, ease of processing.

Simply put, elm is a popular multifunctional plant, suitable for aesthetic decoration of the territory, improves the ecology of cities, highways and farmland.