Is this an Elm sapling?

[freddyuk]

I found a sapling growing in my hedge and thought it was an Elm but I am not sure?

Can you guys help me.

Thanks

[dumper]

I’m going to stick my neck out and say yes would have liked to see some bark

[Stubby]

Succored  from an old root system may be ?

[Khriss]

Asymetric leaf base, so i would say yes. K

[Squaredy]

Lots and lots of Elms grow in hedgerows and they live for ten or fifteen years, and then the Dutch Elm Disease gets them.  As you travel around look out for hedgerows with clumps of dead trees about ten to fifteen feet tall with a certain shape.  This is my latest obsession, and once you recognise the shape of a recently dead Elm sapling there are a lot around, and of course lots of live ones also. 

 

I was on the Shropshire Union canal last week and saw many many young elms.  There are loads in my village in fact near Newport, South Wales.

[AHPP]

Wych?

[Dan Maynard]

Lots and lots of Elms grow in hedgerows and they live for ten or fifteen years, and then the Dutch Elm Disease gets them.  As you travel around look out for hedgerows with clumps of dead trees about ten to fifteen feet tall with a certain shape.  This is my latest obsession, and once you recognise the shape of a recently dead Elm sapling there are a lot around, and of course lots of live ones also. 
 
I was on the Shropshire Union canal last week and saw many many young elms.  There are loads in my village in fact near Newport, South Wales.

Exactly this, I felled one today at the edge of a field which was dead in the top half. Stem diameter about 18 inches.

[agg221]

Definitely elm - asymetric base to the leaf.

 

Round here we still have a lot of large trees. Also busy planting disease resistant ones - it won't look much in my lifetime but should be good for future generations.

 

Alec

[freddyuk]

Thanks for all the replies. This is in West Cork, Ireland. It is an old hedge with mature holly and lots of new Ash which are weeds here. I remember Elm from years ago and have not seen one recently so this really stuck out. It is several small "trunks" coming up about 4 feet tall. As we were moving the hedge for a new access I had the digger move this to a safe place. It survived the winter so will be looked after to hopefully avoid any Dutch Elm disease. Of course Ash die back is going to be devastating here as Ash are all over the country but none of my saplings have any sign of it although a couple of the very mature specimens have some dead branches so I suspect the worst.

 

[Woodworks]

9 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Lots and lots of Elms grow in hedgerows and they live for ten or fifteen years, and then the Dutch Elm Disease gets them.

Found a few on our hedges the last year. If we lay them are they going to be less susceptible?