Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei'
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The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei', also known as Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri Aurea' and sometimes marketed as Golden Elm, originated as a sport of the cultivar 'Dampieri' at the Alt
'Wredei', Stadspark, Groningen.
Young 'Dampieri Aurea', Morningside, Edinburgh
Long shoots
Rooftop 'Dampieri Aurea', Kensington Roof Gardens (2007)
Dutch elm disease
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Dutch elm disease is caused by an Ascomycete fungus that kills elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles. Believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease was accidentally introduced into Amer
Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei'
…leaves clustered on short shoots; when these are young they are suffused yellow, but as the tree ages they revert to green. 'Wredei' is susceptible to Dutch elm disease. 'Wredei' was distributed by the Louis van Houtte and Späth nurseries in the late 19th century (Louis van Houtte described it in 1881 as a "superbe…
On a golden elm with characteristic leaf shedding
Asexual synnema of the pathogenic fungus Ophiostoma ulmi can overwinter in bark and wood, and can be spread by beetle vectors.
Beetle feeding galleries on wych elm trunk
Branch death, or flagging, at multiple sites in the crown of a diseased elm