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| leaves--the leaves of cedar elm are smaller than those of American elm | leaves closeup--what kind of venation is present here? Are these leaves simple or compound? Are they alternate or opposite? |
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| The leaves of cedar elm are thicker than in other elms (crassifoliate)--thus the epithet crassifolia. | bark on a larger-sized tree |
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| typical size of cedar elm | cedar elms do get large, though, eventually! (the tree in the center is a large one) |
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| flowers--cedar elm flowers in the fall, unlike most other elms | leaves and fruits (samaras) in early Fall--Ulmus crassifolia is our only fall-flowering elm; thus it is our only fall-fruiting elm as well! |
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| fruits closeup--the reddish area in the middle of each fruit more or less outlines the seed | sometimes the branches of cedar elm are winged--these wings are made up of layers of cork |
