Ulmaceae
Wych elm
Ulmus glabra
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
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Common names
By language (51)
- Arabic
- دردار أجرد, بوقيصا جرداء, غرغار جبلي, دردار أبيض الثمار, دردار أونتاريو, دردار برشاوشاني الأوراق, دردار رمادي, دردار عملاق
- Armenian
- Թեղի էլիպսաձև
- arz
- دردار اجرد
- Azerbaijani
- Nahamar qarağac
- Basque
- Zumar hostozabal
- Belarusian
- Шурпаты вяз, Горны вяз
- Bulgarian
- Планински бряст
- Catalan
- Oma, Om de muntanya
- Chinese
- 欧洲山榆, 歐洲山榆, 光榆, 无毛榆, 苏格兰榆
- Croatian
- Gorski brijest
- csb
- Gòrowi wijąg
- Czech
- Jilm horský, Jilm drsný
- Danish
- Skov-Elm, Elm, Skov-Ælm, Skovelm, Storbladet Elm, Storbladetelm
- dsb
- Górski wěz
- Dutch
- Ruwe iep, Bergiep
- English
- Wych elm, Mountain elm, Scots elm
- Esperanto
- Malglata ulmo, Ulmo malglata
- Estonian
- Harilik jalakas, Jalakas
- Finnish
- Vuorijalava
- French
- Orme de montagne, Orme blanc, Orme des montagne, Orme des montagnes
- Galician
- Ulmeiro de montaña
- Georgian
- Თელადუმა
- German
- Bergulme, Berg-Ulme
- glk
- ملج
- Hebrew
- בוקיצה קירחת
- hsb
- Hórski wjaz
- Hungarian
- Hegyi szil
- Icelandic
- Álmur
- Irish
- Leamhán sléibhe
- Italian
- Olmo montano
- Japanese
- セイヨウハルニレ
- Latvian
- Parastā goba
- Lithuanian
- Kalninė guoba
- Macedonian
- Планински брест
- mzn
- ملج
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Alm
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Alm
- os
- Талм
- Persian
- ملچ
- Polish
- Wiąz górski, Brzost
- Portuguese
- Olmo
- Romansh
- Ulm da muntogna
- Russian
- Вяз шершавый, Вяз голый, Вяз горный, Ильм горный
- Serbian
- Брдски брест
- Slovak
- Brest horský
- Slovenian
- Goli brest
- Spanish
- Olmo de montana, Olmo de montaña, Olmo de monte, Olmo escocés, Olmo montano
- Swedish
- Skogsalm, Alm
- Turkish
- Dağ karaağacı
- Ukrainian
- В'яз шорсткий
- Welsh
- Llwyfen lydanddail
Synonyms
- Ulmus adiantifolia hort. ex Dippel
- Ulmus antarctica hort. ex K.Koch
- Ulmus camperdowni (Bean) J.V.Armstr. & P.D.Sell
- Ulmus campestris L.
- Ulmus campestris subsp. montana (With.) Bonnier & Layens
- Ulmus campestris unranked cornuta I.David
- Ulmus campestris var. latifolia Aiton
- Ulmus campestris var. purpurea H.Vilm. ex Wesm.
- Ulmus campestris var. purpurea G.Kirchn.
- Ulmus cebennensis Audib. ex Planch.
- Ulmus cinerea hort. ex Planch.
- Ulmus communis Carrière
- Ulmus corylacea Dumort.
- Ulmus corylacea var. grandidentata Dumort.
- Ulmus crispa Willd.
- Ulmus excelsa Borkh.
- Ulmus exoniensis (K.Koch) K.Koch
- Ulmus expansa Rota
- Ulmus forficata C.Presl
- Ulmus gallica A.Chev.
- Ulmus gigantea hort. ex K.Koch
- Ulmus glabra f. atropurpurea (Späth) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. camperdownii A.Henry ex Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. cornuta (I.David) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. crispa (Willd.) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. elliptica (Beck) Soó
- Ulmus glabra f. exoniensis (K.Koch) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. firma (Schneid.) Soó
- Ulmus glabra f. glabrata (Sonder) Soó
- Ulmus glabra f. horizontalis (G.Kirchn.) Geerinck
- Ulmus glabra f. lutescens (Dippel) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. macrophylla (Dippel) Soó
- Ulmus glabra f. monstrosa (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. nana (Dippel) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. nitida (Fr.) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. pendula (Loudon) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra f. purpurea (K.Koch) Rehder
- Ulmus glabra subsp. montana (Stokes) Hyl.
- Ulmus glabra subsp. scabra (Mill.) Hyl.
- Ulmus glabra subvar. dasycarpa Lindq.
and 54 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Markus Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Konsta Happonen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ronnie Nijboer, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andreas Taeger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Sandler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.