Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
| Ulmus davidiana var. japonica | |
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| Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Ulmaceae |
| Genus: | Ulmus |
| Species: | |
| Variety: | U. d. var. japonica |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ulmus davidiana var. japonica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, the Japanese elm, is one of the larger and more graceful Asiatic elms, endemic to much of continental northeast Asia and Japan, where it grows in swamp forest on young alluvial soils, although much of this habitat has now been lost to intensive rice cultivation.