The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties / First Edition

by Charles H. Snow

Slippery Elm, Red Elm. Ulmus pubescens Walt. Ulmus fulva Michx.

Nomenclature. (Sudworth.)

Slippery Elm, Red Elm (local and common name).

Rock Elm (Tenn.).

Redwooded Elm (Tenn.).

Moose Elm (occasional).

Locality.

Ontario and Florida, westward intermittently to Nebraska and Texas. Best developed in Western States.

Features of Tree.

Forty-five to sixty feet in height, one to two feet in diameter. Characteristic shape, mucilaginous inner bark. Buds hairy. Leaves, larger than American Elm, are rough when rubbed either way.