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unusual facts about Zelkova serrata


Nose, Osaka

Nose is noted for the "Noma Keyaki", a 1,000-year old Keaki tree, 25 m tall, 11.95 m trunk circumference.


Zelkova carpinifolia

It is grown as an ornamental tree in Europe (huge exemplars of it can be found quite often in western part of Georgia called Imereti, used for decorating courtyards in villages and making a pleasant shadow) and more rarely in North America (where the related Japanese Z. serrata is more popular).


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