The wood of american elm is very hard and was a.
Is american elm a hardwood.
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American elm was once a dominant component of bottomland hardwood forest of the upper great lakes region.
The color of the heartwood ranges from light tan to warm brown with creamy light sapwood.
Red elm has a grayish white to light brown narrow sapwood with heartwood that is reddish brown to dark brown in color.
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American elm is a tough and durable hardwood.
The bendability moe is 1 4 million psi for american and 1 54 million psi for rock.
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It has an attractive grain that resembles ash.
Because the tree is fast growing and bears seeds at a young age it has been able to continue in areas where older trees have died though the newer elms also succumb to the disease at a relatively.
American elm is especially susceptible to dutch elm disease and was ravaged by the fungal disease in the second half of the twentieth century.
American elm has a strength mor of 11 800 psi while rock elm has a strength of 14 800.
The net volume after harvest is increasing 2 18 million m 3 each year.
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This was due in part to its rather high shade tolerance relative to many of its bottomland associates and its ability to persist in flooded conditions for long periods of time.
The wood of the hard elms sometimes referred to as rock elm generally range from 41 to 47 lbs ft 3 while soft elms typically have a density from 35 to 38 lbs ft 3.
Elm growth exceeds harvest in most significant producing states with.
The grain can be straight but is often interlocked and has a coarse texture.
The most basic division of elm species is between hard and soft elm.
American elm is growing 4 7 million m 3 per year while the harvest is 2 5 million m 3 per year.
Hardness is 830.