Florida Elm
Ulmus americana
Florida Population

A tall tree reaching over fifty feet with a spreading crown.  This southern variety of American elm can be found in St. Lucie, Lee and Collier Counties.  It is associated with moist inland hammocks mixed with, hackberry, oaks, slash pine, mulberry and maple. 

The leaves drop in late fall and the plant is leafless until flowers and seeds form in early spring.  The seeds are eaten by painted buntings and other birds and the young leaves are a larval food for the Question Mark butterfly.

Easy to grow in average soil of Palm Beach County and most likely south of there.