THE SLIPPERY ELM {Ulmus julva) 



Note the bud at the tip of the upper twig. Its scales are coated with tawny hairs. The obovate or circular samaras arr 

 ripe ill May. They are hairy only on the seed body; the wing is smooth. The belated buds produce leafy shoots. The leaves 

 are large and very harsh when crumpled or stroked with the finger. They have the characteristic shape, straight ribs and saw- 

 toothed margin of all elms. The bark is reddish brown and cleft into narrow, loose flakes by shallow fissures 



