Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii'
Common name: 
Camperdown Scotch Elm
Pronunciation: 
UL-mus GLA-bra
Family: 
Ulmaceae
Genus: 
Ulmus
Synonyms: 
U. × vegeta ‘Camperdownii’
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf deciduous tree, 6-15 ft (1.8-4,5 m), round headed, pendulous branches, often grafted to U. americana.  Leaves alternate, simple, oblong-ovate to elliptic, 7.5-18 cm long (larger than U. americana), very unequal at base, dark green above with a fine sandpaper surface.  Flowers small, small reddish-green, appear in spring before the foliage emerges.  Fruit a single-seeded wafer-like samara, to 2.5 cm, obovate to broadly elliptic, downy toward the notched apex.
  • Sun or light shade
  • Native to USDA Zone 4.      Originated from a seedling in about 1850 at Camperdown House, near Dundee, Scotland.
  • Corvallis: In front yard of house at northeast corner of 8th St. and Jefferson Ave; also northeast corner of 5th St. and Western Ave.
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    flower bud break, early spring

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    opening flower bud

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    developing fruit, spring

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    branches with maturing fruit

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    fruit and expanding leaves

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    plant habit, summer

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    leaves

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    leaf

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    plant habit, fall

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    leaves, fall

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    plant habit, winter

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    major branches

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    winter twigs and buds