Slippery Elm
Ulmus rubraSlippery Elm is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 98 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade and high water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms yellow in late winter. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- High
- Height
- About 98 ft
- Bloom
- Late Winter · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
25 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.