Ohio State University Extension Bulletin

Street Tree Evaluation Project

Bulletin 877-99


ULMUS CARPINIFOLIA 'CHRISTINE BUISMAN' Christine Buisman Smoothleaf Elm

Bayard, South Euclid (Cleveland Area)

Planted: 1959

Site: 12' Tree Lawn

1971 Comments: All trees are upright, oval in habit, and uniform in size and shape. This is a residential collector road with heavy traffic from vehicles and school children. The plants are growing well with no indication of disease.

1967 1968 1969 1970 1997
Height 18.0' 20.0' ___ ___ 24.0'
Caliper 3.9" 4.2" ___ ___ 9.0"
Spread 6.0' 8.8' ___ ___ 18.0'

1997 Comments: One of the residents said that when the street was widened, several living trees were removed. This cultivar is an unattractive looking plant with a very irregular growth pattern. The address of this location was changed to the address of the single remaining plant. Data represents the one remaining plant which was not in the original group.

Four percent of the overall planting survived (1 of 28 trees). The 1997 data in the table are based on one tree.

Christine Buisman Smoothleaf Elm

Christine Buisman Smoothleaf Elm


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