Ulmus rubra

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Family:	ULMACEAE
Species:	Ulmus rubra Muhl.
Common Name:	Slippery Elm; Red Elm
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Tree
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	ULRU
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, FAC (NWI)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	ULMACEAE - Elm family
Genus	Ulmus
Species	Ulmus rubra Muhl. - Slippery Elm; Red Elm

Citation

Citation	Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 165. 1793.
Basionym:	**
Type:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Type
Ulmus crispa	Ulmus crispa Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 295. 1809.
Ulmus dimidiata	Ulmus dimidiata Rafinesque, New Fl. 3: 39. 1838 ("1836").	"Florida and Georgia"
Ulmus pendula	Ulmus pendula Willdenow, Berlin. Baumz. 519. 1796.
Ulmus pinguis	Ulmus pinguis Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 115. 1817.	LOUISIANA
Ulmus fulva	Ulmus fulva Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 172. 1803.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleburne, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1973 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UWAL0002118	Montgomery	28 Mar 2010	Diamond, Alvin R. 21215	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
ALNHS00006453	St. Clair	01 Nov 2018	Barger, T. Wayne BCC#160	ALNHS Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136086	Calhoun	24 Apr 1996	Hruska, Susan E. 993	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000009463	Butler	18 Apr 2007	Diamond, Alvin R. 17416	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_70822	Greene	11 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6328	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
JSU136085	Calhoun	6 Jul 1968	Johnson, Stephen C. X-49-234	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
SAMF0002926	Jefferson	16 Sep 2014	Davenport, Lawrence J. 5665	SAMF Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000009471	Russell	23 Mar 2005	Diamond, Alvin R. 15008	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136084	Bibb	1 Apr 1999	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1664	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000033759	Perry	26 Feb 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6296	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136099	Jackson	2 Apr 1999	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1668	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UNA00048806	Montgomery	s.d.	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0034017	St. Clair	17 Mar 2016	Keener, Brian R. 9366	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UNA00066833	Butler	18 Apr 2007	Diamond, Alvin R. 17416	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136097	Etowah	13 Sep 1972	L'Eplattenier, R. s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
SAMF0002151	Sumter	02 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6305	SAMF Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UNA00053718	Blount	16 Mar 1997	Keener, Brian R. 40	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0031744	Crenshaw	01 Jun 1970	Kral, Robert 39461	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
AUA000043458	Morgan	13 Sep 1933	Wolf, Wolfgang	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
TROY000009466	Dale	14 Sep 2000	Pennington, Tiffany 993	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0037021	Lawrence	19 Mar 2011	England, J. Kevin 2691	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000024384	Wilcox	24 Mar 2008	Diamond, Alvin R. 18799	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA000042503	Colbert	22 Aug 2013	Barger, T. Wayne FH157	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
UNA00064170	Jackson	27 Jun 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 913	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136110	Randolph	28 Jul 1988	Nixon, Christopher F. 4075	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000033677	Greene	11 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6328	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136093	Cleburne	16 Apr 1968	Fox, Margaret s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000024223	Franklin	25 Jun 2008	England, J. Kevin 823	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA000030787	Covington	23 Mar 2011	Hansen, Curtis J. 4985	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
UWAL0057361	Bibb	24 Jul 2019	Keener, Brian R. 11490	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136104	Limestone	1 Apr 1997	Hofmann, Tim L. 00382	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136096	Etowah	11 Mar 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 903	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0031469	Morgan	12 Mar 2016	England, J. Kevin 5923	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
SAMF0002152	Wilcox	24 Mar 2008	Diamond, Alvin R. 18799	SAMF Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
ALNHS00000561	Dallas	15 Apr 2010	Barger, T. Wayne OC-125	ALNHS Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0052121	Bibb	09 Mar 2019	Keener, Brian R. 11001	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
TROY000032029	Montgomery	28 Mar 2010	Diamond, Alvin R. 21215	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UNA00023841	Lawrence	26 Jun 1989	Harding, Dennis s.n.	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0019267	Cleburne	01 Apr 2011	England, J. Kevin 2703	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136088	Calhoun	27 Sep 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2978	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0049262	Bullock	01 Oct 2016	Horne, Howard E. 3606	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136087	Calhoun	31 Jul 1996	Hruska, Susan E. 1399	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0003041	Greene	11 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6328	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
AUA_ACC_70825	Sumter	2 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6305	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
JSU136095	Choctaw	1 Nov 1997	Whetstone, R. David 19039	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_45247	Conecuh	21 Mar 1987	Diamond, Alvin R. 3041	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
TROY000009468	Macon	23 Mar 2005	Diamond, Alvin R. 15011	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136108	Morgan	18 Mar 1994	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000044937	Autauga	09 Mar 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 384	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenburg
JSU136100	Jackson	27 Jun 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 906	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000009470	Pike	21 Sep 2000	Diamond, Alvin R. s.n.	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136083	Blount	10 May 1993	Dasinger, Adam P. 86	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UNA00048779	Conecuh	21 Mar 1987	Haynes, Robert R. 8838	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
AUA000032659	Escambia	25 Jun 2010	Hansen, Curtis J. 4831	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
UWAL0057275	Bibb	30 Mar 2019	Keener, Brian R. 11062	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136103	Limestone	1 Feb 1996	Hofmann, Tim L. 00135	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136090	Calhoun	13 Sep 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2828	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU146257	Cleburne	13 Apr 1996	Hutchinson, Francine 2379	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
SAMF0002153	Perry	26 Feb 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6296	SAMF Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000028874	Cherokee	26 Sep 2007	Barger, T. Wayne 284	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU142183	Dallas	15 Apr 2010	Barger, T. Wayne OC-125	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000039716	Marengo	13 Mar 2011	England, J. Kevin 2675	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0046854	Autauga	09 Mar 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 384	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenburg
UNA00023878	Lawrence	26 Jun 1989	Harding, Dennis s.n.	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0012418	Bullock	31 Jan 2013	Dykes, Bailee 1483	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136107	Madison	28 Jun 1969	Tudor, Jessica s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UNA00048773	Tuscaloosa	22 Mar 1966	Armstrong, James G., III 69	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136105	Marshall	19 Jul 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2342	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0033629	Bibb	28 Mar 2016	Keener, Brian R. 9392	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_70837	Perry	26 Feb 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6296	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
UNA00048809	Autauga	_ _ 1880	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
AUA_ACC_64993	Russell	23 Mar 2005	Diamond, Alvin R. 15008	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
TROY000009464	Crenshaw	24 Mar 2002	Diamond, Alvin R. 12982	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA000042016	Bullock	20 Jun 2016	Barger, T. Wayne WLE-87	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
JSU136102	Lawrence	18 Mar 1994	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136109	Randolph	28 Jul 1988	Nixon, Christopher F. 4075	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000044001	Cleburne	01 Apr 2011	England, J. Kevin 2703	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136089	Calhoun	10 Jul 1969	Ellard, Jerry s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000009465	Crenshaw	16 Jul 2000	Diamond, Alvin R. 11849	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_5764	Wilcox	1 Aug 1958	Matschke, George	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
UNA00054420	Blount	03 Jul 1998	Keener, Brian R. 1132	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0004327	Franklin	25 Jun 2008	England, J. Kevin 823	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0032505	Colbert	29 Mar 2015	England, J. Kevin 5386	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0003085	Perry	26 Feb 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6296	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UNA00022107	Morgan	28 Mar 1973	Kral, Robert 49412	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
TROY000009467	Henry	27 May 1999	MacDonald, John R. 12883	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0051235	Jefferson	11 Mar 1985	Barber, J. Patrick 1311	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UNA00058352	Crenshaw	24 Mar 2002	Diamond, Alvin R. 12982	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136092	Calhoun	5 May 1967	Richardson, R.S. 89	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA000043780	Madison	14 Sep 2019	Hansen, Curtis J. 7762	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
JSU136106	Madison	29 Oct 1972	Gaines, Sara s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_49111	Bullock	25 Jun 1988	Diamond, Alvin R. 5091	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
JSU136094	Cherokee	19 Sep 1972	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_48920	Escambia	2 Jul 1988	Diamond, Alvin R. 5134	AUA Ulmus Rubra Muhl.
TROY000009469	Monroe	20 Sep 2007	Diamond, Alvin R. 18246	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0034442	Dallas	04 Oct 1994	Kral, Robert 84295	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UWAL0008634	Marengo	13 Mar 2011	England, J. Kevin 2675	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136101	Jackson	1 Jun 1969	Wright, Sherry s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000033744	Sumter	02 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6305	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
UWAL0003050	Sumter	02 Mar 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6305	UWAL Ulmus rubra Muhl.
UNA00064420	Russell	23 Mar 2005	Diamond, Alvin R. 15008	UNA Ulmus rubra Muhl.
JSU136098	Etowah	10 Apr 1967	Reynolds, Jane s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
JSU136091	Calhoun	5 May 1968	Fox, Margaret s.n.	JSU Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg
TROY000048365	St. Clair	17 Mar 2016	Keener, Brian R. 9366	TROY Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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