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the tree that built America's streets, then a fungus erased it overnight
means A tall, broad-crowned deciduous tree of the genus Ulmus, once widely planted to line streets and avenues, prized for its arching canopy.
from From Old English elm, descended from a Proto-Germanic root (compare German Ulme, Dutch olm) and ultimately related to Latin ulmus — a deep family resemblance running across the old Indo-European languages, all pointing back to the same ancient tree name.
- dutch disease
- A beetle-borne fungus killed millions across the 20th century
- survivor
- A few ancient elms outlived the plague by sheer isolation
- longbow rival
- Medieval Europeans built bows and wheel hubs from it
- water-loving wood
- Resists rot underwater, so it piped old London
dutch elm disease — fungal pathogen that killed millions of elms across north america and europe starting in the 1930s
princeton elm — historic 300-year-old elm tree at princeton university, iconic symbol of the campus since the 1700s
american elm — once the most common street tree in us cities, nearly wiped out by dutch elm disease in the 20th century