50 TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA 



velvety; edge of the flat fruit wings smooth. It is 

 mostly found in the low grounds or near the foot of 

 hills in the Piedmont, and sparingly in the lower 

 mountains and coastal plain. Date of flowering: 

 March 18, 1912 Examples: trees near foot of Mt. 

 Bolus and by Morgan's Creek. The large elm in 

 the old Alexander yard is of this species. 



67. Ulmus americana L. White Elm. 



A large and beautiful tree that is plentiful in low 

 grounds of the coastal plain and in the Piedmont to 

 Guilford and Mecklenburg Counties. Leaves not so 

 fuzzy as those of the Slippery Elm, slightly roughish 

 above, minutely soft velvety or smooth below; twigs 

 smooth, edge of fruit wings hairy. The Elm-leaf 

 beetle that has injured or destroyed so many of the 

 fine elms in the north is present in North Carolina, 

 but does very little damage except to the few English 

 Elms that are cultivated. Occasionally an individual 

 White Elm seems unusually susceptible and suf- 

 fers considerably every year. Such a tree is the one 

 in Prof. Patterson's yard. Dates of flowering: 

 March 1, 1903; January 12, 1909; February 22, 

 1910; March 16, 1912; January 28, 1913; Febru- 

 ary 2, 1914; February 16, 1915; January 31, 1916. 

 Example: The large elm at the northeast corner of 

 the Old West Building. 



68. Ulmus alata Michx. Winged Elm. 



The most common elm of the Piedmont and found 

 throughout the state except in the higher mountains. 



