Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 1S5 



The Cork Elm attains tlio lioi^Hit of 80-100 

 ft., witli trunk 3 or 4 ft. in diameter, and in 

 forests has a straight, eoliimnar trunk some- 

 times free from branches to the height of (iO 

 or 70 ft. When growing outside of the forest 

 its habit of growth is generally quite different 

 from that of the White Elm, as it develops a 

 rather narrow oblong top with strongly droop 

 ing lateral and lower branches and corky- 

 winged branchlets, as shown in our trunk pic- 

 ture. 



It is a tree inhabiting uplands, rocky ridges 

 and slopes, in company witli the Sugar Maple, 

 Hop Hornbeam, Butternut. Basswood, White 

 Ash, Beech, etc., but is much less abundant 

 and general in its distribution than the White 

 Elm. 



Its wood is heavy, a cubic foot weighing 



when absolutely dry 45.2,5 lbs., and is especially 



sought Avhere great strength, toughness and 



flexibility are required, as in the manufacture 



of heavy agricultural iiuiilements, the handles 



of tools, etc. 2 



Leaves obovate-oblonc. narrow and obtuse to 

 subcordate and somewhat inequilateral at base, 

 doubly serrate, with usually incurved teeth, 

 smooth lustrous dark green above, pale pubescent 

 beneath ; petioles and branchlets pubescent ; buds 

 taper-pointed with puberulous ciliate scales. 

 Flotrers in racemes with slender filiform pointed 

 pedicels ; calyx 7-8-lobed ; anthers purple. Fruit 

 ripening when the leaves are about half grown, 

 samane ohovate-oblong, pale, obscurely nerved, 

 pubescent and ciliate. 



1. Ulmns racemosa Thomas. 



2. A. W., II, .34. 



