cultivar 'Elsmo' was released by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, at Elsberry, Missouri, in 1990 as an open-pollinated, seed-propagated cultivar of extremely variable progeny.
Ulmus americana | Ulmus parvifolia | Ulmus minor | Ulmus mexicana | ''Ulmus davidiana'' var. ''japonica'' | Ulmus 'Sapporo Autumn Gold' | Ulmus procera | Ulmus microcarpa | Ulmus × hollandica | Ulmus 'Hoersholmiensis' | Ulmus 'Commelin' | Ulmus americana 'Patmore' |
cultivar 'Drake' was marketed by the Monrovia Nursery of Azusa, California from 1952-53.
The tree was named for its proximity on campus to the copy of the eponymous statue by Auguste Rodin.