Ulmaceae
Siberian elm
Ulmus pumila
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- دردار قزم, دردار صغروي الأوراق, دردار مابعد البيكال
- Armenian
- Թեղի գետնամերձ
- arz
- دردار قزم
- Azerbaijani
- Sürünən qarağac
- Basque
- Siberiako zumar
- Belarusian
- Вяз прысадзісты, Лём прысадзісты
- Bulgarian
- Сибирски бряст
- Catalan
- Om de Sibèria
- Chinese
- 白榆, 人果榆, 垂枝榆, 家榆, 榆, 榆仁酱, 榆叶, 榆枝
- English
- Siberian elm
- Estonian
- Madal jalakas
- Finnish
- Siperianjalava
- French
- Orme de Sibérie
- German
- Sibirische Ulme, Zwerg-Ulme, Zwergulme
- Hungarian
- Szibériai szil
- Italian
- Olmo siberiano
- Japanese
- ノニレ, 野楡
- Korean
- 비술나무
- Latvian
- Zemā goba
- Macedonian
- Сибирски брест
- mnc
- ᡥᠠᡳᠯᠠᠨ
- Mongolian
- Тарваган хайлс
- Persian
- نارون پاکوتاه
- Russian
- Вяз приземистый, Берест, Вяз мелколистный, Вяз перисто-ветвистый, Вяз перистоветвистый, Ильм низкий, Ильм приземистый, Ильмовник
- Serbian
- Сибирски брест
- Spanish
- Olmo de Siberia
- Turkish
- Sibirya karaağacı
- Ukrainian
- В'яз карликовий
Synonyms
- Ulmus campestris f. pumila Herder
- Ulmus campestris lus. pumila (L.) Regel
- Ulmus campestris var. parvifolia Loudon
- Ulmus campestris var. parvifolia-pendula G.Kirchn.
- Ulmus campestris var. pumila Maxim.
- Ulmus campestris var. pumila K.Koch
- Ulmus humilis Gmel.
- Ulmus manshurica Nakai
- Ulmus microphylla Pers.
- Ulmus pinnato-ramosa Dieck ex Koehne
- Ulmus pumila f. pendula (Rehder) Rehder
- Ulmus pumila f. sibirica Schelle
- Ulmus pumila f. tenuis S.Y.Wang
- Ulmus pumila var. arborea Litv.
- Ulmus pumila var. genuina Skvortsov
- Ulmus pumila var. gracia S.Y.Wang
- Ulmus pumila var. microphylla Pers.
- Ulmus pumila var. pendula Rehder
- Ulmus pumila var. sabulosa J.H.Guo, Y.S.Li & J.H.Li
- Ulmus transbaicalensis Steud.
- Ulmus turkestanica Regel
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 55 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Adam Kranz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Sidder, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jcowles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jes Gray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Ulmus
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- American elmUlmus americanaUlmaceae
- Chinese elmUlmus parvifoliaUlmaceae
- Slippery elmUlmus rubraUlmaceae
- Dutch elmUlmus × hollandicaUlmaceae
- Ulmus laciniataUlmaceae
- Rock elmUlmus thomasiiUlmaceae
- Japanese elmUlmus davidianaUlmaceae
- Ulmus mexicanaUlmaceae
- Ulmus castaneifoliaUlmaceae
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.