Virginia Native Tree Leaf Identification Project/Slippery Elm

Ulmus rubra (Slippery Elm)

• Tree location: A bit far from my house
• Tree type: Deciduous
• Leaf: Simple
• Leaf margin: Serrated
• Leaf arrangement on branch: Alternate
• Habitat: Best on moist, rich bottomlands--but also found on drier, upland soils
• Virginia Range: All over Virginia
• Fruit: Small seed secured by a papery, wafer-like covering; 3/4 - 1 inch across; smooth; ripening in spring.

References

• Slipperly Elm (n.d.). Retrieved October 09, 2017, from http://www.dof.virginia.gov/infopubs/Native-Tree-ID-spreads_2016_pub.pdf