James Weldon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Elm trees were once stalwarts of the UK countryside that towered out of hedgerows, lined fields and woodlands.

For decades, the American elm population has dwindled, and one of its greatest threats is the deadly Dutch elm disease, which has taken its toll on Brown’s campus, too. The tree removal culminated in ...

One of America’s most loved and appreciated trees is the native elm. At one time, the American elm, Ulmus americana, was probably the most well-known and widely used tree. However, Dutch elm disease ...

An elm tree that served as backdrop for the promise of peace and survived a war-time wood shortage continues to grow in significance – even though it fell in a storm 200 years ago. Over a four-day ...

The massive elm tree that shaded the corner of East Main Street and Yankee Drive was sick. Like so many others in so many of America's towns in the 1950s, it was stricken with Dutch elm disease. Tree ...