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The fruit is a samara, and winged, and the wind carries the seed 
some distance from the parent tree. 
The Wych Elm grows on a sand soil or clay soil, or in sandy 
loam, and is widespread. 
Many fungi attack the Elm, such as Zaphrina, Mycospherella, 
Psilocybe, Hypholoma, Flammula, Pholiota, Pleurotus, Collybia, Fomes, 
Hydnum, Pleospora. 
Several insects cause galls or infest it, such as (amongst many 
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Wycu ExM (Ulmus glabra, Huds.) 
others) Schzzoneura ulmi, Pemphigus pallidus (Leopard Moth), Zeuzera 
@scult, Orchestes ulmi, Scolytus destructor, S. multistriatus, Fylesinus 
wittatus (Winter Moth), Chezmatobca brumata, Tetraneura ulmi, Typh- 
locyba ulmi, Pseudococcus aceris, Lecanium capree. 
Udlmus, Pliny, is from the Latin for Elm. Wych is from A.S. wice, 
with the sense of bending, from the pendulous branches, and the second 
Latin name, meaning smooth, is misapplied, the leaves being asperous. 
This tree is called Chewbark, Elm, Broad-leaved, Scotch, Witch or 
Wych Elm, Halse, Witch Hazel, Helm, Mountain Elm, Orne Tree, 
Witch, Witch Wood, Wych Wood. The name Chewbark is explained 
thus: “ The inner bark of the Elm for a certain pleasant clamminess is 
chewed by children, and hence the tree is called Chewbark”’. 
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