elm woods

[getoverit]

I wondered if any of you could tell me the differences in structure between the english elm and american elm?

Ulmus americana, Ulmus procera Salisb (American Elm, English Elm)


I know that american sycamore and european sycamore are two totally different woods, and I wondered if there is such a vast differences between the european elm and the american elm as well? I am particularly interested in finding out about pore strtuctures, density, stability, and ease of finishing the woods.

TIA,
Ken

[SwampDonkey]

Here is another elm from a site Swede pointed me to. It has info on wych (Scottish) elm U. glabra

http://www.lovtrainstitutet.se/en/index.html

From what I've gleamed so far English elm is much the same as wych elm. Wych and English elms have met the same fate as American elm.

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