Elm identification

[Barzalou]

Hello everyone, first time post here. I have just purchased this Elm and I would be curious if someone could tell me the type of Elm this is.

Thank you

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Probably Chinese Elm, Ulmus parvifolia if it was cultivated for bonsai.
The leaves look a little too pointed though, so it could also be a Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila.
You might try posting higher res images against a plain background of the leaves and bark.

 

[penumbra]

Probably Chinese Elm, Ulmus parvifolia.

Would be my guess as well but a close up of leaves would help clarify. Even in this picture though, several elms can be ruled out.

 

[Shibui]

Definitely need better photo(s) for accurate ID. Please check that photos are actually in focus before posting. Fuzzy, out of focus shots don't give enough info for accurfate ID.
Need to clearly see:
leaf shape/colour, including the petiole (leaf stem) and how it attaches to the branch.
Trunk and bark colour, pattern, texture.
Overall shape and growth pattern of branching.
Some sort of scale in ID pics helps too. A finger is OK or something that's universally well known helps us gauge relative size of leaf, shoots, etc.

Sometimes, info on where you got the tree can help with probability the tree might be one or another

 

[Barzalou]

Here is a better look. Hope it helps.

 

[Hartinez]

Looks very Siberian elm to my eye.

 

[Jorgens86]

Looks more like Zelkova. Elms have more rounded shape leaves

 

[penumbra]

Here is a better look. Hope it helps.

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Helps a lot. It is an Ulmus pumila, the Siberian Elm. Great bonsai but also an invasive tree.
Its leaves are pointed like a Zelkova serrata which this is not.