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THE NORTH DAKOTA FARMSTEAD 



Slippery or Red Elm (Ulmus falua) also native to North Dakota is a 

 rapid grower with less beauty than the common elm. Its wood is 

 somewhat better, being used for fence posts, railroad ties and agricul- 

 tural implements. 



Figure 21 Grove of native Elms, near Lisbon, North Dakota 



For those not well acquainted with the different kinds of trees and 

 shrubs the following lists will be useful. They contain the best kinds 

 of trees for their respective purposes, for practically all of North 

 Dakota. 



WINDBREAKS 



White and Russian Golden Willow 



Green Ash 



Elm 



Box Elder 



Larch and Western Yellow Pine 



TREES FOR DRY SOILS 



Red Cedar 



Burr Oak 



Green Ash 



Western Yellow Pine and Jack Pine 



Hackberry 



EVERGREEN TREES 



Western Yellow Pine 



Jack Pine 



Black Hills and White Spruce 



Colorado Blue Spruce 



Red Cedar 



TIMBER TREES 



Cottonwood and Norway Poplar 



Black Walnut 



Larch 



Green Ash 



Burr Oak 



TREES FOR LOW WET SOILS 



White Willow 

 Larch 



Soft Maple 

 Elm 



ORNAMENTAL DECIDUOUS TREES 



Larch 



White Birch and Cut-Leaved Weeping 



Birch 



Mountain Ash 

 Elm and Hackberry 

 Niobe Weeping Willow 



