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looked just like fifty Bur Oak that I had already checked out in the hopes they were a Rock Elm.
The bark on the trunk looked just a little bit "elmier" than the oak. Still, my
hopes were pretty low as I walked up to it. |
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| This tree shouts "Bur Oak". |
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| And that is definitely an Elm twig. |
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| And that is an Elm leaf. |
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| It is about 20 feet east of Michigan Highway 50. GPS coordinates 42.580838, -84.835881 | |
Ironically, this tree is about a quarter mile east of the Eaton County Conservation District office. I had just left the Conservation District Office after ordering 25 Quaking Aspen and 10 Speckled Alder for a guerrilla gardening project.
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| From Google Street view. Yup, still looks like an elm tree. |
I took a few scion and will try to find some Siberian Elm to graft them onto. I will go back in late May and look for seeds.
Nice find!
ReplyDeleteGood find!
ReplyDeleteIt is always a rush to find something in plain sight after a long hunt. I am still seeing English Oaks in places I looked at many times.
Yeah, That's Ulmus thomasii! Way to go! They'll start to look different from a distance compared to other corkies like Bur Oak (Sweetgum, etc.) once you see a few specimens :-)
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