[ click on any image below to see larger version ]
Family: Ulmaceae (Elm family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
February - March
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
March - April
American Elm was decimated by the outbreak of "Dutch" elm disease fungi (Ophiostoma ulmi) in the middle of the 20th century. The disease was first reported in 1928 in a shipment of logs from The Netherlands (hence its name), and reached its peak in the 1970s.
|
21 April 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA 
|
30 April 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
|
21 April 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA 
|
11 April 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA 
|
|
20 April 2018
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
|
21 April 2019
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA 
|