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Photographer: Dennis W. Woodland
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Family Ulmaceae
Ulmus rubra Muhl.
red elm, slippery elm
Ulmus: the classical Latin name for the elm
rubra: Latin for red
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial tree 60'-110' tall with open crowns; brown to red bark with deep, irregular furrows |
| Flower: | inflorescence a tight, erect cluster with 8-20 flowers; blooms late winter into early spring |
| Fruit: | yellowish to cream, roundish samara with broad wings and smooth edges; seeds thick but not inflated |
| Leaf: | obovate to oval, base unequal, edges doubly toothed |
| Habitat: | moist; floodplains, streambanks, wooded bottom lands |
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