Light streaks where it ran liquid down anyplace a branch was cut off. Definitely Siberian elm based on leaves and seeds. Still a piss elm by any means. I'll dig out my missouri tree book tonight and see what it says for identifying elms.
I once cut down a big sweet gum thinking it was a white oak. And I worked at a sawmill......
I'm no expert on tree ID in the Midwest by any means....
It had very elmish looking leaves, not winged elm which is the most common down here.
I once cut a cottonwood thinking it was sassafras.... so there's that.
Lol.
After some google fu, I'm thinking it's american elm......whatever that is.
For sure. I ended up noodling all the bigger rounds into firewood. My splitter was just making a mess of what of it would actually bust. I started paying more attention after that.
I've never experienced gum, don't believe it grows here in misery.
American, Water, & Slippery, are all said to grow in this area I believe.
My great grandfather and grandfather logged and run a sawmill their entire life and they messed up every now and then too.i loved aggravating them when they did to
course it usually ended up with me getting a a** wupin.i miss them every time I look at a saw or go in the woods.
Okay, maybe does grow here.....lol
Yup, American elm.
Randy was referring to sweet gum. Pain in the butt with all the little balls it drops in the fall and winter. Oddly enough it is a native tree to North America.
