🐾 American elm

Ulmus americana · wildlife atlas entry

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Ulmus americana , generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm , is a species native to eastern North America, naturally occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas. The American elm is an extremely hardy tree that can withstand winter temperatures as low as −42 °C (−44 °F). Trees in areas unaffected by Dutch elm disease can live for several hundred... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

American elm — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) William Van Hemessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by William Van Hemessen · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Ulmus americana
Rank	species
Community observations	81,594 research-grade records on iNaturalist
Conservation status	EN — IUCN Red List assessment

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Rosales › family Ulmaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-14 · Pioneer Rd, Peterborough, ON, CA
(c) juliasinc07, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Coblentz Rd, Middletown, MD, US
(c) Nick Sizemore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-06-02 · Murphy Rd, Chadds Ford, PA, US
(c) vinniemodesto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-21 · Travis County, TX, USA
(c) Jon McIntyre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · West Meadowbrook, Fort Worth, TX, USA
(c) Krush6, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Belknap, Louisville, KY 40205, USA
(c) Margaret, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American elm photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-21 · Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
no rights reserved · cc0

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