Ulmus laevisPall.

Eurasian elmEuropean White Elmeuropean white elm

WFO wfo-0000416715 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ulmus laevis, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. a Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 204190327
Ulmus laevis, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. b Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203938074
Ulmus laevis, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. c Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201530976
Ulmus laevis, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. d Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201342575
Ulmus laevis, photographed by Svetlana Polevova
fig. e Svetlana Polevova, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195397961
Ulmus laevis, photographed by Björn Sothmann
fig. f Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 191044728
Ulmus laevis, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. g Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189650456
Ulmus laevis, photographed by eustreptospondylus
fig. h eustreptospondylus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168630546

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Ulmus laevis is native: East Aegean Is., Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine East Aegean Is.KazakhstanNorth CaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Ulmus laevis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ulmus acuta Dumort.
  • Ulmus alba Kit. ex Willd.
  • Ulmus celtidea Litv.
  • Ulmus ciliata Ehrh.
  • Ulmus communis var. ornata Carrière
  • Ulmus effusa Willd.
  • Ulmus effusa var. acuminata Roth
  • Ulmus effusa var. inflexa Roth
  • Ulmus effusa var. oblongata Roth
  • Ulmus effusa var. rotundata Roth
  • Ulmus inflexa (Hayne) Sloboda
  • Ulmus laevis var. celtidea Rogow.
  • Ulmus laevis var. parvifolia Jovan. & Radulović
  • Ulmus oblongata (Hayne) Sloboda
  • Ulmus octandra Schkuhr
  • Ulmus pedunculata Foug.
  • Ulmus racemosa Borkh.
  • Ulmus rotundata (Hayne) Sloboda
  • Ulmus simplicidens E.L.Wolf

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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