Slippery Elm
Ulmus rubra Muhl. - Elm family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 110.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Green, Brown
Bloom Time: Winter
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Honey Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on Slippery Elm: Alsophila pometaria, Argyresthia undulatella, Automeris io io, Cameraria obstrictella, Cameraria ulmella, Coleophora ulmifoliella, Dasychira basiflava, Eacles imperialis, Ectoedemia ulmella, Ennomos magnaria, Ennomos subsignaria, Halysidota tessellaris, Hyalophora cecropia, Hypena abalienalis, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Machimia tetoriferella, Nymphalis antiopa, Orgyia leucostigma, Paleacrita vernata, Pandemis lamprosana, Pandemis limitata, Phyllonorycter arizonella, Phyllonorycter occitanica, Polygonia inerrogationis, Polygonia interrogationis, Sparganothis pettitana, Stigmella apicialbella
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Ontario, Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.