Slippery Elm

Ulmus pumila

Text Box: Form:  Large, vase shaped tree. More ascending branches than Ulmus americana.  

 

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Text Box: Bark: Thick dark reddish brown with fissures. Inner bark slippery

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Text Box: Leaf: Alternate, simple, obovate to oblong, 4-8”, unequal base, very scabrous above,        pubescent below, several veins fork near margin, dark green, yellow in fall.  

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Text Box: Twig: Stout, pubescent, with lenticels, light gray brown.  

Text Box: Flower:  Greenish red, perfect, hairy fascicles in March –April.  Not showy.  

 

 
Text Box: Fruit: A single seeded samara, pubescent, shallow notch at top, May.  

 

 

 Text Box: Of interest: The mucous- like inner bark was chewed by pioneers as a thirst quencher and sore throat remedy. Close cousin to American Elm.  Also susceptible to the Dutch Elm disease.  

 

 

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