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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: swampsawyer914 on July 03, 2019, 10:34:42 AM
I recently milled up a elm tree and was curious if anyone would be able to tell if it is American or english elm. Thank you.
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That appears to be the world famous Black Walnut elm :). Ok, to me at least it appears to be black walnut.
It does look like black walnut.
Yes, to black walnut.
I'd have to see a high def pic of a leaf but I am gona say Manchurian Elm . Ag Canada introduced it for shelter belts on the prairies in the 50s and 60s along with several others from northern asia. I have cut quite a bit of it.
There are quite a few growing in this city along the streets.
If you go to post #140 in "help me identify this hard wood" you will see a few picture of trees that I milled for one of the Ag Canada Scientists that was in charge of the Shelterbelt development initiative in the 50s. The trees I cut for him were planted in 1958. They were Common Elm and Manchurian Elm. The Common Elm is quite red while the Manchurian is a Rich chocolate Brown with the white sap wood immediately under the bark.
Hope this helps.