| Scientific Name: | Zelkova serrata |
| Common Name: | Japanese zelkova |
| Family Name: | Ulmaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate, Ciliate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves ovate to lanceolate, most blades up to 7-14cm long x 2-6cm wide, apex narrow, margins strongly serrate with fine narrow points, petioles 3-15mm long. Winter ID: twigs very slender, dark reddish-brown, buds alternate, broadly ovate, divergent. | |