The Elms 



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readily separated by their fruit which in the case of the hackberry is berr\^-Hke, and 

 in the case of the elm consists of small flat seeds surrounded by a thin, papery wing. 



ULMUS FULVA, Michx. 



Common names: Red elm, slippery elm 



soft elm, budded elm. 

 French names: Orme rouge, orme gras, orme fauve. 



RED ELM 



slippery -barked elm. 



The red elm averages 50 to 60 ft. in height and 1 to 2 ft. in diameter. 



It develops a crown similar to that of the white elm, and, except when it has 

 grown in the forest, the trunk is comparatively short. 



It prefers rich, well-drained soil and is found along the banks of streams. 



Its range in Canada is confined to the St. Lawrence valley, not extending north 

 or west of lake Superior. 



The bark is greyish-brown and rough. The white layer which is character- 

 istic of the white elm is not present. The fragrant, mucilaginous inner bark, from 



which it derives one of its common names, "slippery," is a pecuharity by which it 

 is distinguished from the white or rock elms. 



The twigs at first are green but later become ashy-grey. They are stouter 



