Can you ID this?

[buffalo606]

Tree split in recent storm here in South West France.  It's about 22m.

 

Any ideas?

[buffalo606]

[Gary Prentice]

elm

[buffalo606]

10 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

elm

Cheers, don't see that many out here.  Any idea what kind from the photo?

[Gary Prentice]

Not without a lot more detail. Elms hybridise readily and some are quite difficult to distinguish between species. How long are the leaves?

 

 

[Stere]

How come its not got Dutch elm disease?

[buffalo606]

45 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Not without a lot more detail. Elms hybridise readily and some are quite difficult to distinguish between species. How long are the leaves?

 

 

Ah okay.  Leaves about 7cm and were quite thick.

[buffalo606]

39 minutes ago, Stere said:

How come its not got Dutch elm disease?

It's in France.  But there are still quite a few big elms in Scotland...

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

How come its not got Dutch elm disease?

Some just seem less attractive to the vector than others. There was a mature elm a couple of minutes up the road from me that I've watched for ten years. Last year there were a few yellowed branches, this year it's gone. 

 

Maybe the number of host trees has an affect on vector numbers, as well as how isolated they are. 

[jmx]

4 hours ago, Stere said:

How come its not got Dutch elm disease?

Maybe its a Ulmus laevis.
They are less affected.

http://www.resistantelms.co.uk/ulmus-laevis/