What's right with this elm then?

[kev7937]

None of the hedgerow elms get much bigger than 30ft before they succumb, so why's this one doing so well, it's most likely planted so not sure of species but mostly get procera here.

 

So resistant species? Lucky so far ? Immune?

 

It does have some staining in one bit of dw but not the dark rings I remember from removing dying trees in the past

 

 

 

 

[Stubby]

Is it in Brighton ?

[kev7937]

Is it in Brighton ?

 

 

Nope. Esher. Don't get anything like the Brighton specimens round here.

[Stephen Blair]

Has it been cut back hard before?

Around the 12' mark.

If so then that would if helped it.

 

 

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[kev7937]

Has it been cut back hard before?

Around the 12' mark.

If so then that would if helped it.

 

 

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Don't think so. Pretty sure it's untouched

[agg221]

When you look at the rows upon rows of dead hedgerow elms, with the occasional surviving good sized specimen right next to them, I don't believe it is luck. They can't possibly be missed if every other tree in the area has been affected. That means either the beetles don't like them or the disease doesn't kill them.

 

In our area there are quite a few surviving good-sized trees. We have Plot elm, which is fertile and hybridizes easily with procera, so there is more genetic diversity. There are other species/sub-species/varieties such as the Huntingdon elm and Wheatley elm which show some resistance but are usually killed in the end, although often at well over the 30' - more like when they reach full size and start to slow down a bit in growth, so around 2' dbh.

 

The odds are therefore that it was a planted tree, although which type I couldn't say as the tree form is not typical, of one of the types which happens to show more resistance.

 

Alec

[kev7937]

Thinking about it I think sports ground it's in was an old garden centre or nursery that was neglected and in ruin for years so chances are it was planted by them, the sites only been developed in the last two or three years

[kev7937]

Any one got another suggestion ? Positive id of species perhaps?