THE SLIPPERY ELM {ri„„,s fuh,i) 



Note the huJ at the tip of the upper twig. Its scales are coated with tawnv hairs. The ohovate or circular samaras are 

 ripe in May. They are liairy only on the seed body; the wing is smooth. The belated buds produce leafv 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 margm of all elms. The bark is reddish brown and cleft into narrow, loose flakes bv shallow fissures 



