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American and Slippery Elm

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Scientific Name: Ulmus americana (American elm-smaller, left), Ulmus rubra (Slippery elm-right)
Common Name: American and Slippery Elm
Family: Ulmaceae
Locale: Equinox Botanicals
Specific Region: Rutland, OH
Description: A comparison of Ulmus americana (smaller on the left), and Ulmus rubra (larger,right). Note the ‘chippier’ look of the bark of the American elm and the more furrowed bark of the Slippery elm.
Date: September 13, 2007

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