AMI/JRICAN ELM; WHITE ELM (Ulmus Americana, Linn.). 

 75 to 125 feet. Tall tree with usually fan-shaped, upward 

 spread of top, and drooping outer branches. Bark gray, 

 rough, with irregular fissures. Wood reddish, coarse, heavy, 

 cross-grained, difficult to work, durable in contact with water 

 and soil. Buds flattened, pointed; flower buds plump, lateral 

 on youngest twigs. Leaves alternate, unsymmetrical at 

 base, obovate, acuminate, doubly saw-toothed, with strong 

 parallel ribs. Flowers March, before leaves open, perfect, 

 the stamens clustered around the single pistil with forked 

 stigma, thrust out of the flaring greenish cup, that hangs on a 

 thread-like stem. Clusters of flowers umbel-like, dull pur- 

 plish. Fruits, single, green, flat, oval, notched, the size of a 

 little finger-nail, seed central, with a thin wing all around it. 

 Wind-scattered in May. Dist. : Atlantic seaboard to Rocky 

 Mountains. Planted for ornament and shade. Wood used 

 for hubs, saddle trees, barrels, flooring, for flumes, piles, and 

 in shipbuilding. Preferred habitat, rich moist soil, but it 

 thrives on uplands and outside its range. 



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