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Each value Trefle shows for Ulmus rubra, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Source not recorded11 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Muhl.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 165 (1793)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1793	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Slippery elm	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1015 cm	1015 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 88 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 662, 853, 873	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 172 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	4110 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 662, 853, 873	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 176 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 818, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	180 cm	180 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 662, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	19 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuelwood, medical, pulpwood · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Ulmus rubra Muhl., 1793 41% complete

Slippery elm

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