Ulmaceae
American elm
Ulmus americana
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- دردار أميركي, دردار بيضاوي, دردار لين الأوراق, دردار مسنن
- arz
- دردار اميركى
- Azerbaijani
- Amerika qarağacı
- Basque
- Amerikar zumar
- Bulgarian
- Американски бряст
- Chinese
- 美国榆
- chy
- Homenó'e
- Croatian
- Američki brijest
- Czech
- Jilm americký
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse iep, Florida Elm
- English
- American elm, Water elm, White elm, Florida elm
- French
- Orme d'Amérique, Orme américain, Orme d'Amerique, Orme à larges feuilles
- German
- Amerikanische Ulme, Weißulme
- Hebrew
- אולמוס אמריקאי
- Icelandic
- Hvítálmur
- Indonesian
- Dardar Amerika
- Japanese
- アメリカニレ
- Latvian
- Amerikas goba
- Macedonian
- Американски брест
- nah
- Pāpalōcuahuitl
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kvitalm, Hvitalm
- Persian
- نارون آمریکایی
- Russian
- Вяз американский
- Serbian
- Амерички брест
- Slovenian
- Ameriški brest
- Spanish
- Olmo americano, Olmo blanco
- Turkish
- Amerika karaağacı
Synonyms
- Ulmus alba Raf.
- Ulmus americana f. alba (Aiton) Fernald
- Ulmus americana f. americana
- Ulmus americana f. ascendens A.D.Slavin
- Ulmus americana f. columnaris Rehder
- Ulmus americana f. intercedens Fernald
- Ulmus americana f. laevior Fernald
- Ulmus americana f. pendula (Aiton) Fernald
- Ulmus americana f. viridis F.Seym.
- Ulmus americana var. alba Aiton
- Ulmus americana var. aspera Chapm.
- Ulmus americana var. aurea F.L.Temple
- Ulmus americana var. bartramii Planch.
- Ulmus americana var. floridana (Chapm.) Little
- Ulmus americana var. glabra Planch.
- Ulmus americana var. incisa Loudon
- Ulmus americana var. pendula Aiton
- Ulmus americana var. scabra Spach
- Ulmus dentata Raf.
- Ulmus floridana Chapm.
- Ulmus fulva unranked pendula Meehan
- Ulmus mollifolia Marshall
- Ulmus obovata Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 168 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael, Antoni and Nihat Hinczewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User Henryhartley on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: En el nido, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alex setetny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: cultivar413, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alex setetny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Mara Louise, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Dutch elmUlmus × hollandicaUlmaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.