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''Ulmus villosa'' Brandis ex Gamble, the Cherry-bark elm or Marn elm, is one of the more distinctive Asiatic elms, and a species capable of remarkable longevity. It is endemic to the valleys of the Kashmir at elevations of 1200–2500 m but has become increasingly rare owing to its popularity as cattle fodder, and mature trees are now largely restricted to temples and shrines where they are treated as sacred.〔Melville, R. & Heybroek, H. M. (1971). The Elms of the Himalaya. ''Kew Bulletin'' Vol. 26 (1). Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, London.〕 Some of these trees are believed to be aged over 800 years. 〔Wadoo, M. S. (2002). Brein - the Trees of Sufis, Saints and Reshies. ''Kashmir Observer''〕 ==Description== Growing up to 25 m high, the tree is rather lightly and pendulously branched, the bark smooth with distinctive horizontal bands of lenticels, although it eventually becomes very coarsely furrowed.〔Photograph of bark of mature ''Ulmus villosa'', rogerstreesandshrubs.com (villosa )〕 The oblong-elliptic-acute leaves are < 11 cm long by 5 cm broad. The wind-pollinated apetalous flowers appear in spring, and are particularly densely clustered, the white hairs covering the perianth and ovary contrasting with the purplish anthers. The samarae are elliptic, <12 mm long, and densely hairy on both sides.〔Bean, W. J. (1981). ''Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain'', 7th edition. Murray, London.〕〔White, J & More, D. (2003). ''Trees of Britain & Northern Europe''. Cassell's, London.〕 Cherry bark elm bark.jpg|Bark Villosa leaves.jpg|Leaves Flowers of Marn Elm Ulmus villosa.JPG|Flowers UvillosaSPA (1).JPG|''U. villosa'' in Stanmer Park Arboretum, Brighton 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ulmus villosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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