Siberian elm

Invasive

Ulmus pumila

Elm (Ulmaceae) · Invasive · 50–70 ft

Knowing it

Small single-toothed leaves and gray furrowed bark; planted for shelterbelts, now seeding into pastures and fencerows, especially west and north.

Very brittle: limbs drop in ordinary wind and the crown fills with deadwood. One of the most common storm-cleanup trees in the western counties.

From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.