Ulmus 'Stavast'

Ulmus 'Stavast' is a Dutch

'Stavast' has only a moderate resistance to Dutch elm disease, rated 3 out of 5.^[1]

Cultivation

'Stavast' has not been in commerce in its own right much. It is retained as a rootstock for grafting, as its dense root system quickly stabilized young trees.^[2] It was used as a rootstock for grafting related elms like ‘Dodoens’, ‘Clusius’ and ‘Plantijn’, cultivars now propagated by rooted cuttings.

Nevertheless, specimens were planted in the Netherlands: in the elm trial plantation at "Lepelaarweg", Zeewolde, and 1 tree in "Het Egeltjesbos" public park in village De Kwakel, Uithoorn.^{[citation needed]} In 2018, at Wijdemeren city council ‘s-Gravelandsevaartweg, Loosdrecht, planted 10. ^{[citation needed]} Wijdemeren holds the Netherlands Plant Collection Elm since 2020. Information given by Wijdemeren tree officer M. Tijdgat, also Elm collection holder.

A number of 'Stavast' trees were exported to New Zealand for use in trials at the Hortresearch station at Palmerston North in the 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology

The name 'Stavast' is Dutch for "stand firmly", but is also used to describe someone of resolute character.

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