1. Illinois Schools' Flora and Fauna Online Project Field Guide to the Prairie In collaboration with Life on the Prairie and The Rivers Project http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/teachers/flora_help.html http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~prairie/ http://www.siue.edu/OSME/river/ OpenKey: Sharing Nature P. Bryan Heidorn, pheidorn@uiuc.edupheidorn@uiuc.edu

2. Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra Muhl. OpenKey: Sharing Nature P. Bryan Heidorn, OpenKeyOpenKey © Community Unit School District #8, Bunker Hill 504 E. Warren, Bunker Hill, IL 62014

3. Leaf: Alternate, simple; blades oval to elliptic, pointed at the tip, strongly asymmetrical at the base, up to 7 inches long, coarsely doubly toothed along the edges, the upper surface is green and very rough to the touch, the lower surface is smooth or hairy; up to one half inch long. Flower: In drooping clusters, appearing before the leaves unfold, greenish, hairy, small. Fruit: Circular, winged fruits up to three-fourths inch in diameter, each wing surrounding a single seed. Twig: Reddish brown, with short, gray hairs; leaf scars alternate, each with 3 bundle traces. Bark: Reddish brown to gray, with shallow furrows; the inner bark becomes slippery when chewed. Form: Tree OpenKey: Sharing Nature P. Bryan Heidorn, OpenKeyOpenKey

4. Description: The Slippery Elm can be used for ship building, farm implements, fence posts, herbs, and medicine. Native Americans used slippery elm in healing wounds, boils, ulcers, burns, and skin inflammation. The common name "Slippery Elm" refers to the slimy inner bark. The Slippery Elm is located in bottomland woods; along streams; rocky, upland woods. It's range is Quebec across Ontario to North Dakota, south to Texas, east to Florida. Distribution: In Illinois, it is found in every county. Specimen: The Slippery Elm is located at N 39° 02.559' W 89° 06.862 A large specimen of this tree is next to Meissner Elementary's Band Building, 504 E. Warren St. Bunker Hill, IL. References: Mohlenbrock, Robert H. Forest Trees of Illinois. Springfield, IL: 1992. http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/com/ConsHerbs/SlipperyElmch.html OpenKey: Sharing Nature P. Bryan Heidorn, OpenKeyOpenKey

5. OpenKey: Sharing Nature Creating Records Make your own webpages: http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/teachers/flora_template_bl ank.html Use our web form: http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/cgi-bin/flora.cgi P. Bryan Heidorn, OpenKeyOpenKey

6. OpenKey: Sharing Nature Make Your Own Webpages Option 2: Use our web form P. Bryan Heidorn, OpenKeyOpenKey Put the title of your file here Put your school name here Name This is a name paragraph...Plant's name (common and/or Latin)

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