Siberian elm
Ulmus pumila L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 18 m
- wide
- 13 m
Ulmaceae
Also called Siberian Elm
Formerly Ulmus humilis, Ulmus manshurica, Ulmus microphylla, Ulmus pinnatoramosa, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Asia to S. Siberia and KoreaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 m to 21 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 11 m to 15 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Olmo de Siberia
- root
- ULMPUM, Naasts’ósí bit’iis, Одой хайлаас
- French
- orme de Sibérie, Orme de Sibérie
- Russian
- Вяз приземистый, Вяз мелколистный
- German
- Sibirische Ulme, Zwerg-Ulme
- Italian
- Olmo siberiano
- Czech
- jilm sibiřský
- Chinese (China)
- 榆树, 春榆, 白榆
- Slovak
- brest sibírsky
- Portuguese
- Negrilho-da-Sibéria
- Japanese
- ノニレ, トウハルニレ, シベリアニレ
- Estonian
- madal jalakas
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Ulmus pumila (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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