Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ulmus pumila L.
Family : ULMACEAE
Genus : Ulmus
Catalan common name : Om de Sibèria.
Spanish common name : Olmo de Siberia.
General distribution : Asia
Flowering time : February. March.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens.
Status : Alien species.
Origen : Regió siberiana fins a Manxúria
Location on-campus UIB : Plantat en alineació a l'aparcament de l'edifici Mateu Orfila, exemplars puntuals a un lateral de l'entrada principal de l'edifici Ramón Llull i a Cas Jai.
Description : This tree can reach up to 25 m in height. Leaf lamina is slightly asymmetric, slightly rhomboidal in aspect, with serrate margins and thicker and softer to the touch than most elm tree leaves. Flowers are arranged in glomerules hugging the stems, and the entire structure has a reddish tone. The samaras are rounded and supported by a short pedicel.
Flowering period : February-march
