Ulmus minor 'Goodyeri'

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Ulmus minor 'Goodyeri'
Goodyer Elm, Rockford, c. 1960
SpeciesUlmus minor
Cultivar'Goodyeri'
OriginPennington, England

The

Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Goodyeri', commonly known as 'Goodyer's Elm', was discovered by John Goodyer in 1624 at Pennington near the Hampshire coast between Lymington and Christchurch.[1][2]
No old specimens are known to survive, but the tree is perpetuated by numerous root suckers, notably in the lanes about the Alice Lisle public house in the New Forest hamlet of Rockford.[3] The tree has suffered misidentification in the centuries since its discovery, firstly by Philip Miller in his 'Gardeners' Dictionary' of 1731,[4] and later in the early 20th century by Augustine Henry and Marcus Woodward, who both confused the tree with Plot Elm, whose centre of distribution is in the East Midlands, some 200 miles away and of completely different appearance.[5][6]

Augustin Ley prepared a herbarium specimen from Goodyer's Elm (without using that name) near Lymington in 1882, calling the trees just Ulmus glabra Mill..

Cornish Elm.[1][8]

Synonymy

Description

The tree is chiefly distinguished by its short bole and low, spreading branches, quite unlike any other British elm. In other respects, notably its small leaves <3 cm long by 1.5 cm wide, the tree is very similar to Cornish Elm Ulmus minor 'Stricta'.[10][1][11][12]

  • Goodyer's Elm leaves and £1 coin
    Goodyer's Elm leaves and £1 coin
  • Goodyer's Elm samarae
    Goodyer's Elm samarae

Pests and diseases

Goodyer's Elm is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

The tree is not known to be in cultivation in the UK, with the exceptions of two specimens introduced to arboreta 2012–16 (see 'Accessions'), nor is it known to have been introduced to continental Europe, North America or Australasia.

Notable trees

A small but sexually mature tree survives beneath an oak near the Alice Lisle public house at Rockford, its trunk severely arched by its search for light.[13]

Accessions

Europe

References

  1. ^ a b c d Melville, Ronald (1938). "Contributions to the study of British Elms:- I. What is Goodyer's Elm?" (PDF). The Journal of Botany. 76: 185–192. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ Johnson, Thomas (1636). Herball, or general historie of plants. pp. 1478–1481.
  3. ISBN 978-1-903657-19-5
  4. ^ Miller, P. (1731). The Gardener's & Botanist's Dictionary, Vol. II, part 2 , Q–Z,  p. 33. Private publication.
  5. ^ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. 1848–1929. Private publication. [1]
  6. ^ Woodward, Marcus (1933). The Trees of Westonbirt. London: The Westminster Press. p. 19.
  7. ^ Herbarium specimen 293275, herbariaunited.org, Ulmus glabra Mill., Lymington; A. Ley
  8. ^ Wilkinson, Gerald, Epitaph for the Elm (London 1978), p.69
  9. ^ Richens, R. H., Elm (Cambridge 1983)
  10. ^ "Herbarium specimen - L.1590683". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. cornubiensis Weston var. Goodyeri (Melville) from Pennington, Hampshire, 1937 (leaves); "Herbarium specimen - L.4214723". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. stricta var. Goodyeri (Melville) from Pennington, Hampshire, 1938 (flowers and leaves)
  11. ^ "Herbarium specimen - K000852671". The Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Sheet labelled U. stricta Lindl. var. Goodyeri, from Bashley, Hampshire (samarae)
  12. ^ Herbarium specimens at Kew K000852672 to K000852677 : sheet labelled U. stricta Lindl. var. Goodyeri, from Bashley, Hampshire (leaves)
  13. ^ Google Maps: Goodyer Elm at Rockford - Google Maps (Dec 2008), accessdate: December 08, 2016
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