Small-leaved Elm

Ulmus minor subsp. minor

Ulmus minor subsp. minor, the narrow-leaved elm, was the name used by R. H. Richens (1983) for English field elms that were not English elm, Cornish elm, Lock elm or Guernsey elm. Many publications, however, continue to use plain Ulmus minor for Richens's subspecies, a name Richens reserved for the undifferentiated continental field elms. The name Ulmus minor subsp. minor is justified by the existence of at least one other distinctive U. minor subspecies, U. minor subsp. canescens. Dr Max Coleman of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh argued in his 2002 paper 'British Elms' that there was no clear distinction between species and subspecies.

Scientific name

Ulmus minor subsp. minor

Family

Ulmaceae