WOOD.—Heavy, hard, strong, tough, difficult to split, coarse-grained, light brown, with thick, lighter colored sapwood.
DISTRIBUTION.—Common throughout the state.
HABITAT.—Prefers deep, rich, moist loam; bottom-lands; stream-banks.
NOTES.—Grows rapidly. Long-lived. The roots run along near the surface of the ground for a great distance. An ideal street tree.
Cork Elm. Rock Elm
1. Winter twig, × 1.