Table 3.

Taxa and nursery supplier of elms planted in the U.S. National Elm Trial 2005–2015.

Cultivar nameTrademarked or registered nameParentageOriginatorzSuppliery
‘Lewis & Clark’xPrairie ExpeditionU. americanaNDSULN
‘New Harmony’xU. americanaUSDAPN & SNA
‘Princeton’xU. americanaPNPN & SNA
‘Valley Forge’xU. americanaUSDAJFS
‘Frontier’xU. carpinifolia × U. parvifoliaUSDAJFS
‘Morton Stalwart’wCommendationU. carpinifolia × U. pumila × U. wilsonianaMAJFS
‘Pioneer’U. glabra × U. carpinifoliaUSDAJFS
‘Homestead’xU. glabra × U. carpinifolia × U. pumilaUSDAJFS
‘Patriot’x(U. glabra × U. carpinifolia × U. pumila) × U. wilsonianaUSDAJFS
‘Morton’wAccoladeU. japonica × U. wilsonianaMAJFS
‘Morton Red Tip’wDanada CharmU. japonica × U. wilsonianaMAJFS
‘Emer I’xAthena ClassicU. parvifoliaUGABSN
‘Emer II’vAlleeU. parvifoliaUGAJFS
‘BSNUPF’xEverclearU. parvifoliaBSNBSN
‘JFS-Bieberich’wEmerald SunshineU. propinquaSNAJFS
‘Morton Plainsman’wVanguardU. pumila × U. japonicaMAJFS
‘New Horizon’wU. pumila × U. japonicaUWJFS
‘Morton Glossy’wTriumphU. pumila × U. japonica × U. wilsonianaMAJFS
‘Prospector’xU. wilsonianaUSDAJFS
  • z Organization responsible for discovery: MA = The Morton Arboretum; BSN = Bold Spring Nursery Inc.; USDA = United States Department of Agriculture; UW = University of Wisconsin; SNA = Sunshine Nursery & Arboretum; UGA = University of Georgia; PN = Princeton Nurseries; NDSU = North Dakota State University.

  • y Nursery that provided bare-root plants for National Elm Trial: JFS = J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.; BSN = Bold Springs Nursery Inc.; PN = Princeton Nurseries; LN = Lee Nursery Inc.; SNA = Container grown, Sunshine Nursery & Arboretum, KS only.

  • x Own-root rooted cutting.

  • w Budded to U. pumila (Siberian elm) rootstock.

  • v Own-root tissue culture.