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Ulmus androssowii
Also called Narwan
A hybrid elm of Central Asia with a very dense, rounded crown, widely planted as a street and shade tree in hot, dry regions. It is grown as an outdoor tree rather than a houseplant.
The hybrid cultivar Ulmus 'Androssowii' R. Kam. (or 'Androsowii'), an elm of southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan sometimes referred to in old travel books as 'Turkestan Elm' or as 'karagach' [:black tree, = elm], its local name, is probably an artificial hybrid. According to Lozina-Lozinskaia the tree is unknown in the wild in Uzbekistan, and apparently arose from a crossing of U. densa var. bubyriana Litv. (now Ulmus minor 'Umbraculifera'), which it resembles (see the disputed species Ulmus densa), and the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila. It is sometimes listed as Ulmus × androssowii (see below).
Not to be confused with the Ulmus 'Turkestanica' distributed by the Späth nursery of Berlin.
The hybrid has been widely planted in southern and western areas of the former Soviet Union, notably along the streets of Samarkand and Almaty. In western Europe it was distributed by Hesse's Nurseries, Weener, Germany, in the 1930s. A specimen was present at Kew Gardens in the 1930s. Cold-hardy, it prefers a rich soil and moderate humidity.
Winged elm · American elm · Cedar elm · Wych Elm · European White Elm · Ulmus lanceifolia · Ulmus minor 'Plotii' · Chinese elm · Siberian elm · Slippery elm · Rock elm · Elm
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