Taxon

Planera aquatica

 
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Planera aquatica - water-elm, Planer-tree
Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: water-elm, Planer-tree
Family: Ulmaceae (elm family)
Distribution: s.e. United States
Habitat: Swamps, streams, lakes, alluvial flood plains
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Usage: Ethnobotanical
Comments: A small deciduous tree to 35' high, often vase-shaped in appearance. Flowers are small, fuzzy stigmas that appear with leaves in early spring. Attractive patchy gray-brown bark appears reddish underneath. Does best in shady, wetland habitat and will often develop flared, flattened roots under these growing conditions. Found throughout Coastal Plain region and Mississippi Valley area.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: AZA: BD11 (BD11) • Accession: D2015-0691.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: AZA: BD11 (BD11) • Accession: D2015-0691.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: DAL: CL20 (CL20) • Accession: D1998-1099.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 4: LKV: CD16 (CD16) • Accession: D1998-1099.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 5: STC: AC09 (AC09) • Accession: D2015-0691.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 6: VCA: BC11 (BC11) • Accession: D2015-0691.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 7: VVW: AQ22 (AQ22) • Accession: D1998-1099.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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