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[ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 12:09 pm
by DustyRusty
Hi,
Found this today at work. Leaves look like my seiju elm but just a lot larger. Is it possible it's an elm of some variety waiting for me to dig it up and love it, or is it just a weed disguised as an elm?
Love your thoughts,
DustyRusty
Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 1:37 pm
by Bougy Fan
Way too big for a seiju elm - I reckon it's a Chinese Elm
Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 1:39 pm
by Bretts
Gota be Chinese Elm great for bonsai
Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 1:42 pm
by Boics
Certainly looks like Ulmus Parvifolia to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_parvifolia
Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 1:50 pm
by DustyRusty
wow thanks. just really didn't expect this tree to self-sow in Sydney. I knew there were Privets, Hawthorns, Wisteria and things around, but never heard of wild Elms here. Lucky me
Thanks for the thoughts.
DR
Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 2:00 pm
by Bretts
They are like weeds around here!
Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 2:27 pm
by lacertilian
Ulmus parvifolia are weeds in Sydney too, don't worry about that!
This whole 'self-sown' or 'self-seeding' thing has really slipped by me...I was always certain that plants were reproducing via seed dispersal before anthropological intervention.
