Ulmaceae
Slippery elm
Ulmus rubra
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Genus
- Ulmus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- دردار أحمر, دردار ثلاثي الأسنان, دردار سمين, دردار مزدوج الفلقة
- arz
- دردار احمر
- Chinese
- 北美红榆, 糙枝榆
- Dutch
- Rode iep
- English
- Slippery elm, Red elm
- Finnish
- Punajalava
- French
- Orme rouge
- German
- Rot-Ulme
- Hebrew
- אולמוס רוברה
- Japanese
- アカニレ
- Malayalam
- ആവിൽ, ആവില്
- mus
- Afósho, Lupákv, To-fósho
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rødalm
- Persian
- نارون قرمز
- Polish
- Wiąz czerwony
- Turkish
- Kırmızı karaağaç
- Ukrainian
- В'яз слизький
Synonyms
- Ulmus americana var. rubra (Muhl.) Aiton
- Ulmus dimidiata Raf.
- Ulmus fulva Michx.
- Ulmus heyderi Späth
- Ulmus pendula Willd.
- Ulmus pinguis Raf.
- Ulmus pubescens Walter
- Ulmus rubra f. laevis F.Seym.
- Ulmus tridens hort. ex Dippel
- Ulmus triserrata hort. ex Dippel
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ulmus
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- Small-leaved elmUlmus minorUlmaceae
- European white elmUlmus laevisUlmaceae
- American elmUlmus americanaUlmaceae
- Siberian elmUlmus pumilaUlmaceae
- Chinese elmUlmus parvifoliaUlmaceae
- 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.