TREES TOLD BY THEIR FORM 



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AMERICAN ELM (Ulmus americana) 



Distinguishing characters: The tree can be told at 

 a glance by its general branching habit. The limbs arch 



Fig. 37. — American Elm. 



out into a wide-spreading fan or vase-like crown which 

 loses itself in numerous fine drooping branchlets. See 

 Fig. 37. 



