WhiteElm Ulmus americana {Latin} orme d’amerique {French}Sometimes also called Fluttering ElmSpreading ElmRussian Elm American Elm Tree # 1 http://www.plantguide.org/_images/whiteelmoramericanelmtree.jpg
How would you describe me? • Deciduous/hardwood • Leaves 7-20cm long with double-serrate margins and an oblique base • Grows until frost hits • Grows to about 100 years old, 27 m tall • Gets a disease called “Dutch Elm Disease” • Vase shaped crown • Over hanging branches
Where do I grow? • Moist deep soils • Mixed forests • Can live in temperatures as low as -42 degrees Celsius
What do I look like? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Llandegfan_Elm_tree.jpg I am a beautiful , ornamental tree!!!! LARGE, AND http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.domtar.com/arbre/english/Image/arbre/album/p_orme.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.domtar.com/arbre/english/album_photo/p_orme.htm&usg=__
What are my planting benefits? • Fast growing tree • Needs good drainage and lots of space • Easy to grow from seed White elm tree seed http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/ulmame_aspect02.jpg http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5439672/2/istockphoto_5439672-american-elm-tree-in-winter.jpg http://img.tfd.com/wn/D8/6B32F-white-elm.gif
What kind of wildlife will you see around me? • Woodpeckers • Grosbeak • Purple finch • Gold finch http://www.birdingmaine.com/images/gold_finch_closeup2.jpg http://mayo.personcounty.net/Bird%20Folder/Woodpecker%20pictures/pileated_woodpecker.jpg http://www.roysephotos.com/zzPineGrosbeak2D.jpg
What are my uses and lore? Used for: • Building • Chopping blocks • Wheel hubs • Chair bottoms http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00012F46M/?tag=mbookshop http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.furniturehomedesign.com/w
Some cool facts about me… • I used to grow to more than 3 times wider before my kind started to get Dutch elm disease • When building a house, a lot of people use me as a kind of wood for furniture • A main reason why my kind die is because of Dutch Elm Disease
SOURCES • American elm. (2010, November 05). Retrieved from http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/ulmame_aspect02.jpg • Ritchie, G.A. (1959). Trees of knowledge- a handbook of maritime trees. Fredericton ,NB: Natural Resources Canada. • American elm. (2010, November 08). Retrieved from http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5439672/2/istockphoto_5439672-american-elm-tree-in-winter.jpg
TREMBLING ASPEN Also called: Peuplier faux-tremble {french} Populustremuloidesmichx{latin} Quaking Aspen Golden aspen Mountain aspen White poplar TREE #2 By. Reilly McWade www.macphailwoods.org/tree/taspen.html
Description: • Smaller rounded leaf • Long flat stem which makes the tree “tremble” in a breeze www.oplin.org/.../aspen_quaking.html
Habitat: • Wide variety of soils • Grows in the Maritimes saunorisgardencenter.com/gardencenter.asp daze-end.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-time-it-is...
Aesthetics: • Leaves turn bright yellow • Pleasant sound when leaves move • Normal sized tree with short crown www.raydw.com/deciduous.htm
Planting benefits • Fast growing tree in full sunlight • Rarely cultivated
Wildlife Provides food, shelter, and building materials for many animals. Favorite to the: • Beaver Who uses it for building. european‑beaver‑0959.jpg
Most distributed tree in North America Uses and lore North_America_satellite.jpg
SOURCES!!!! • Ritchie, G.A. (1959). Trees of knowledge- a handbook of maritime trees. Fredericton ,NB: Natural Resources Canada Trembling aspen. (2010, Novewmber 15). Retrieved from https:/../agriculture///woodlot/wdd00s10.html Trembling elm. (2010, November 12). Retrieved from www.macphailwoods.org/tree/taspen.html
imfc.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/arbre-tree/feuillus-... www.domtar.com/.../album_photo/p_peden.htm Largetooth Aspen Also called: Peuplier a grandes dents {french} Populusgrandidentata Big tooth aspen
www.oplin.org/.../aspen_bigtooth.html Description Best described by the “teeth” on the leaves. In the winter the tree has hairy silver buds which turn into leaves in the spring. www.oplin.org/.../aspen_bigtooth.html
Habitat • Fast growing tree • Requires full sun www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Sun-3D-Scre...
Aesthetics • Moderate sized tree with narrow crown • Buds are very aromatic www.fcps.edu/.../ecology/bigtooth_aspen.htm
Planting Benefits • Able to plant in a variety of places • Best grows on sand and wet soils www.macphailwoods.org/tree/ltaspen.html
Wildlife • Beaver • Other birds • mammals
Large buds make medicine Uses and lore
SOURCES • largetooth aspen. (2010, November 19). Retrieved from www.fcps.edu/../ecology/bigtooth_aspen.htm Ritchie, G.A. (1959). Trees of knowledge- a handbook of maritime trees. Fredericton ,NB: Natural Resources Canada • largetooth aspen. (2010, November 19). Retrieved from www.domtar.com/../album_photo/p_peden.htm
