OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 17 taxa in the family Ulmaceae, Elm family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Slippery Elm, Red Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus rubra   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus rubra   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus rubra 056-01-001   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry calcareous forests, rich bottomlands, rich cove forests in the low Mountains

Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Elm, White Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus americana var. americana   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ulmus americana   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus americana 056-01-002   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, bottomland forests, moist slopes, especially on relatively or strongly nutrient-rich substrates

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Florida Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus americana var. floridana   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ulmus americana   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus americana 056-01-002?   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Shell middens, other calcareous forests

Uncommon in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Winged Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus alata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus alata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus alata 056-01-003   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Rock outcrops, dry and mesic forests and woodlands, bottomlands, old fields, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cedar Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus crassifolia   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus crassifolia   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, hardwood flatwoods; rarely river bluffs and ravines

Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: September Elm, Rock Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus serotina   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus serotina   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests, bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, lake and pond margins, flatwoods; especially over limestone

Rare

Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wych Elm, Scotch Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus glabra   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus glabra   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Suburban woodlands

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lacebark Elm, Chinese Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus parvifolia   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus parvifolia   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed secondary forests, roadsides, fencerows, old fields, other disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: China & Japan

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Siberian Elm, Dwarf Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus pumila   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus pumila   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Planer-tree, Water-elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Planera aquatica   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Planera aquatica   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Planera aquatica 056-02-001   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: River swamps where flooded (often to depths of 1-2 m) in the winter

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis laevigata   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on natural levees, upland calcareous forests and woodlands, shell middens

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small's Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis smallii   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001?   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Glades, woodlands, forests

Common in Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis 056-03-002a   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, and bottomland forests, usually over calcareous substrates

Mostly rare in GA-NC-SC (uncommon in GA Mountains & SC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Georgia Hackberry, Dwarf Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis pumila   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis pumila   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. georgiana 056-03-002b   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, exposed bluffs, stream banks, and disturbed areas, often over calcareous substrate

Common to uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Chinese Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Celtis sinensis   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis sinensis   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Suburban woodlands

Waif(s)

Non-native: China, Japan & Korea

 


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Common Name: Japanese Zelkova

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Zelkova serrata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Zelkova serrata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Planted frequently for ornament, persisting or spreading by seeding down

Waif(s)

Non-native: China, Japan & Korea

 


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camera icon Common Name: English Elm, English Cork Elm

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus minor   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ulmus procera   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Planted horticulturally, rarely spreading

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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