White Elm (Ont.).
Cliff Elm (Wis.).
Locality.
Quebec and Vermont, westward intermittently to Nebraska and Tennessee. Best developed in southern Ontario and Michigan.
Features of Tree.
Seventy to ninety feet in height, two to three feet in diameter. Thick, corky, irregular projections give bark a shaggy appearance and mark the species.
Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood.
Heartwood light brown, often tinged with red; sapwood yellowish or greenish white. Compact structure, fibres interlaced.
Structural Qualities of Wood.
Heavy, hard, very strong, tough, difficult to split, susceptible of a beautiful polish, elastic.