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Slippery elm

Native

Ulmus rubra

Elm (Ulmaceae) · Elm · 40–60 ft

Knowing it

Rough sandpaper leaves and a slimy inner bark once used as a remedy. Moist slopes and bottoms statewide.

What a tree company sees

Also hit by Dutch elm disease. Wood is moderately strong.

Recorded in 67 counties

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