wych

The summer of 1914 was noted for a similar abundance of seed on the wych elm.

Trees. A Woodland Notebook

Herbert Maxwell

The broad-leaved or wych elm (Ulmus montana), indigenous to Scotland.

The Lady of the Lake

Sir Walter Scott

No good, it was long supposed, could ever come out of Wych Street.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864

Various

The Wych Elm is a native of our country, and is also very common, but it occurs principally in the woods of the North.

Field and Woodland Plants

William S. Furneaux

The philologists appear to be uncertain as to the origin and meaning of Wych, but it seems most probably a form of Witch.

Wayside and Woodland Trees

Edward Step