Ulmus americana 'Jackson'

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ulmus americana 'Jackson'
SpeciesUlmus americana
Cultivar'Jackson'
OriginWichita, Kansas, US

The

American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Jackson' was cloned c.1990 from an elm selected at Wichita, Kansas, which had reputedly shewn no signs of Dutch elm disease damage at over 50 years of age.[1]

Description

The elm is "oak-like" in form, with wide-spreading branches, growing to about 60 ft tall and wide.[2]

Pests and diseases

The resistance of 'Jackson' to Dutch Elm Disease had not as of 1995 been confirmed by artificial inoculation.

Popillia japonica [4][5] in the United States. U. americana is also the most susceptible of all the elms to verticillium wilt.[6][7]

Cultivation

As a nursery cultivar, 'Jackson' was last listed in the Fall 1994 - Spring 1995 catalogue of the now-defunct Arborvillage Farm Nurseries, Holt, Missouri. A specimen, planted in 1999, stands (2022) in Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio, where it is said to be fast-growing. A specimen obtained from Arborvillage Farm Nurseries in 2000 stood in the Botanic Garden of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, till destroyed in a storm in 2011.[8] The tree is not known to have been introduced to Europe or Australasia.

Accessions

North America

References

  1. ^ a b Santamour, Frank S.; Bentz, Susan E. (May 1995). "Updated Checklist of Elm (Ulmus) Cultivars for use in North America". Journal of Arboriculture. 21 (3): 122–131. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ Ulmus americana 'Jackson', The Dawes Arboretum, Arboretum Explorer (Newark, Ohio) dawesarb.arboretumexplorer.org
  3. S2CID 42980569
    .
  4. .
  5. ^ "Elm Leaf Beetle Survey". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Elm Leaf Beetle Survey". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. ^ U. americana 'Jackson', Mount Holyoke College, Acc. no. 20000409*1 mtholyoke.edu