. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. CORK ELM. ROCK ELM. Ulmiis Tliomasi Sara;.^. Fig. 208. Branchlet with mature fruit and leaves nearly full grown, surrounded with matureleaves gathered later, i ; branchlet in winter enlarged to show minute characters, Trunk of tree, in Martinsburg, N. Y. Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 1S5 The Cork Elm attains tlio lioi^Hit of 80-100ft., witli trunk 3 or 4 ft. in diameter, and inforests has a straight, eoliimnar trunk some-times free from branches to the height
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. CORK ELM. ROCK ELM. Ulmiis Tliomasi Sara;.^. Fig. 208. Branchlet with mature fruit and leaves nearly full grown, surrounded with matureleaves gathered later, i ; branchlet in winter enlarged to show minute characters, Trunk of tree, in Martinsburg, N. Y. Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 1S5 The Cork Elm attains tlio lioi^Hit of 80-100ft., witli trunk 3 or 4 ft. in diameter, and inforests has a straight, eoliimnar trunk some-times free from branches to the height of (iOor 70 ft. When growing outside of the forestits habit of growth is generally quite differentfrom that of the White Elm, as it develops arather narrow oblong top with strongly drooping lateral and lower branches and corky-winged branchlets, as shown in our trunk pic-ture. It is a tree inhabiting uplands, rocky ridgesand slopes, in company witli the Sugar Maple,Hop Hornbeam, Butternut. Basswood, WhiteAsh, Beech, etc., but is much less abundantand general in its distribution than the WhiteElm. Its wood is heavy, a cubic foot weighing when ab
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