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American Elm

Ulmus Americana

Photo by zenonymous77
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Field Notes

Description:

Description: Large, handsome, graceful tree, often with enlarged buttresses at base, usually forked into many spreading branches, drooping at ends, forming a very broad, rounded, flat-topped or vaselike crown, often wider than high.

Habitat:

Habitat: Moist soils, especially valleys and flood plains; in mixed hardwood forests.

Notes:

Found this bark very interesting.

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Comments (1)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Welcome to Project Noah,Zenonymous77 I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!

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