Is a siberian elm common in central Indiana?
Not native, discouraged or prohibited from planting by state and municipal lists across the Midwest, and included on the Indiana Invasive Species Council's invasive plant list — though it is not among the 44 species banned from sale under Indiana's Terrestrial Plant Rule. In practice it is a volunteer: alleys, fencerows, vacant lots, the back corners of older Indianapolis properties, and surviving windbreak rows on farm ground.
Why that matters for tree work
Planted across the Midwest in the early 20th century as a fast, drought-proof shelterbelt tree, and it has been paying that back ever since — brittle wood, short life, and seed into every fencerow and pavement crack. In central Indiana it is the species most often removed on a general "just get rid of it" basis rather than for one identifiable defect, and it is no longer recommended for planting anywhere in the region.
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