title: Ulmus 'Kansas Hybrid'
text: # Ulmus 'Kansas Hybrid'
  
  The possible hybrid cultivar Ulmus 'Kansas Hybrid' was raised by the Kansas Nursery Co., Salina, Kansas in the 1920s from a seedling exhibiting hybrid characteristics, and maintained by grafting. The inclusion of the word "hybrid" is considered to render the cultivar name invalid.
  
  ## Description
  
  The tree was described as having an upright branching habit, and dark, shiny leaves the same size as U. americana.
  
  ## Pests and diseases
  
  'Kansas Hybrid' had not (by 1995) been widely tested for resistance to Dutch elm disease.
  
  ## Cultivation
  
  Fast growing, 'KH' was also reputed to be cold and drought resistant. The tree is not known to have been introduced to Europe or Australasia.
  
  ## Accessions
  
  ### North America
  
  * Arnold Arboretum, US. Acc. no. 362–63, no provenance data available.
  