NW corner of Magnolia and Wiltshire

Larkspur's last American elm being taken down in June 2015.

June 2009. This elm was a block south.

August 2010. Dutch elm disease in the same tree. It was taken down in the fall of 2010.

The one American elm pictured here on the left was possibly the last surviving American elms in Larkspur. Sadly, as of June 2015, it too has died. There still are many in Marin....the town of Ross is the best example...but there, as well as elsewhere in the country, the trees continue to succumb to Dutch Elm Disease. An effort in the horticulture industry to produce hybrids that will be resistant to both Dutch Elm Disease and Elm Leaf Beetle is ongoing. Several of these can be seen in Holbrook Palmer Park in Atherton.

This deciduous species is native to eastern North America. Here in Marin, it is one of the last ones to lose its leaves in the fall and the latest to leaf out in the spring. It can obtain great height in a graceful vase shape with arching branches. The two pictured here have lost their typical appearance due to severe pruning for line clearance.

This is what an american elm could look like (from the University of Richmond VA web site).