Water Elm
Planera aquatica
Water elm (planertree) is a small, fast-growing elm relative of Southern swamps and floodplains, tolerating prolonged flooding; its warty fruits feed wood ducks and other wildlife.
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–50 ft
- Spacing
- 25–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX