Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

Family: Ulmaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Ulmus fulva Michx, Ulmus pubsecens Walt.

Common names:

American elm (1929) (157)

Elm (1929) (157)

Elm bark (1929) (157)

Ezhon zhide (1919, Omaha-Ponca, red elm) (37)

Ezhon zhide gthigthide (1919, Omaha-Ponca, slippery red elm) (37)

Gawa'komic (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Indian elm (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Moose elm (1857-1929, Neb) (5, 20, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Orme fauve (1900, French) (158)

Orme gras (1857, Upper Louisiana) (20)

Pe tutuntunpa (1919, Dakota Teton) (37)

Pe tututupa (1919, Dakota) (37)

Red elm (1828-1937) (1, 5, 7, 9, 19, 20, 37, 58, 72, 82, 85, 92, 93, 95, 107, 109, 112, 113, 130, 156, 157, 158)

Rock elm (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Salve bark (1787) (1911) (59)

Slippery elm (1834-Present, William Clark) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 19, 20, 34, 35, 37, 40, 49, 50, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 72, 78, 82, 85, 92, 93, 95, 97, 107, 109, 112, 113, 122, 124, 130, 131, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Sweet elm (1828-1929) (5, 7, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Taitsako pahat (1919, Pawnee, red elm) (37)

Wakidikidik (1919, Winnebago) (37)

White elm (1898, Southwest MO) (78)

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