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I suppose it changes from area to area but every slippery elm I have cut the dark heartwood is out almost all the way to the bark where the american is smaller like the pics.
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For the OP, since you have some of the leaves... Are they rough or smooth on top? American Elm will be smooth, and slippery elm will be rough.
Omaha419
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Slippery elm is quite rough on top, so I'd have to say these are American Elm leaves. The cross section, from what I can see, has rings of white tissue just under the brown bark layer, and only American Elm has that.
Now, if Whitespider was still on this board, he would post some better pics of the different elm species. Maybe try to search for his older posts. See post #112 in the link below for some good pics of American elm.
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/elm-this-and-elm-that.184122/page-6#post-6018340
Gugi47
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Crack a round open and post some pictures of the grain please....
Omaha419
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There is one here that we worked on it must be around a hundred years old.
I think it was the summer of 68 that my job was washing down all of the chain and hand saws that came in contact with any Elms we were removing. I was 12, and Dad's company had the contract to remove dead Elms in DC. About 15 years ago, when my son was in the Scouts, we had a big American Elm down by one of the streams on the Scout property. I've seen a few others, all by streams.
Omaha419
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My dad had a business that did the same in DC. Ever heard of Sloan’s Tree Service?
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Sloan's doesn't ring a bell. Dad worked for American Tree then. He later owned Olney Tree and his brother owned Bonifant's tree. I'll ask my cousin, he's 8 years older than me.
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Elm for sure, lots of it around here. And someone said, nasty splitting, stringiest wood I’ve ever seen, keep a hatchet handy at the splitter. Is a good burning wood. All those wood strings really help it catch fire.
Omaha419
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My guess would be Bulgarian Bugwood.
not birch
Its an Elm of some kind.
Initially thought it was Box Alder, but the heartwood is much different. Not too bad to split. Kind of stringy. If there’s a knot, forget about it. Eastern Panhandle of WV. Thanks.
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That leaf says it all.
Elm leaf is fatter than Ash, which is a slim leaf.They have a very slight roughness to them. Compared to some Green Ash saplings where they feel slick.
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Both are compound, but it's very easy to tell the difference if you know what characteristics to look for, even from a distance
Looks like the Elm leaf on the tree I planted here a while ago...
