Winged Elm
Ulmus alatanative · Central Texas
Winged Elm is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 30–40 ft tall and 40 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in early spring. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 30–40 ft
- Spread
- 40 ft
- Bloom
- Early Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
19 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.