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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Ulmus wallichiana-Kashmir elm tree

Ulmus wallichiana Planch., the Himalayan elm, also known as the Kashmir elm 
and Bhutan elm, is a mountain tree ranging from central Nuristan in Afghanistan, through northern Pakistan and northern India to western Nepal at elevations of 800–3000 m. Although dissimilar in appearance, its common name is occasionally used in error for the cherry bark elm Ulmus villosa, which is also endemic to the Kashmir, but inhabits the valleys, not the mountain slopes. The species is closely related to the wych elm U. glabra.

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