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Zelkova serrata (Japanese zelkova, Japanese elm, keyaki, or keaki; Japanese: 欅 (ケヤキ) keyaki /槻 (ツキ) tsuki; Chinese: 榉树/櫸樹 jǔshù; Korean: 느티나무 neutinamu) is a species of the genus Zelkova native to Japan, Korea, eastern China and Taiwan. It is often grown as an ornamental tree, and used in bonsai.
Zelkova serrata enjoys the broadest natural range of its genus, although like its relatives it seldom seeds abundantly and its distribution has become increasingly scattered, resulting in its recent reassessment by the IUCN as a Near Threatened species (Kozlowski et al. 2018).
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Zelkova serrata, commonly called Japanese zelkova, is a medium to large deciduous tree, typically growing to 50-80’ tall with a spreading, generally upward-branching, vase-shaped crown. It is native to Japan, Taiwan and eastern China. It is noted for its graceful shape, clean foliage, attractive bark and resistance to Dutch elm disease.
While perhaps not possessing the iconic grandeur of the American Elm, Zelkova serrata has characteristics that make it a worthy landscape shade tree. Zelkova serrata is one of six species in the genus. Three species are native to Europe or western Asia and three, including Z. serrata , are native to East Asia.
Description. Japanese zelkova a tough and durable large decidous tree in the Ulmaceae (elm) family. It is a native of eastern Asia. It is noted for its graceful vase shape when young, green textured foliage, and attractive honeycomb bark.
Jul 12, 2020 · One of the contenders—used, for example, as a replacement species for elms along Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue beginning in the 1950s—was the Japanese zelkova ( Zelkova serrata ), a tree closely related to the elms with a similar appearance.
