[1] The Liberty elm is reportedly suitable for street planting, being tolerant of de-icing salts and air pollution.

However, examples included in 10-year trials at Atherton, California to evaluate replacements for Californian elms lost to disease did not perform well.

The late Professor Eugene Smalley summarized 'American Liberty' as "not as resistant as the Asian hybrids, but it still has the look of a classic American Elm".

[3] It is claimed, controversially, by ERI that fewer than 180 American Liberty elm trees have been known to succumb to DED since the planting began in the early 1980s.

Promoted exclusively by the Elm Research Institute (ERI) [3] since 1983, these trees have been planted across the United States in numbers the organization claims to be in excess of 250,000.