When no signs of life were left, university officials took the “last resort” and decided to remove the dead tree on May 4.

Ryan Murphy and Ben Held, co-investigators on the U’s disease-resistant elm selection and reintroduction program, want to ...

American elm (Ulmus americana) and slippery elm (U. rubra), two of six species of elms found in North America, are known together as soft elms. Rock, winged, cedar and September elm are known as ...

The city's American elm trees, some nearly a century old, are struggling this spring. These towering trees lining the boulevards and city parks have many looking ...

An American elm tree that predates the Civil War was cut down this week. The tree has stood on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church 1793 since the first church building was constructed in 1851 ...

This is a prime spot for Dutch elm disease to run rampant because of the many American elm trees along the parkway. Infected trees can wilt and die within just a few months. Not only would that be ...

Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence. The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in the old American elms along 17th Avenue ...

The American elm and the American chestnut first flourished because of humans. Advertisement Michael Kudish, a botanist and the author of “The Catskill Forest: A History,” said elms were ...