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Elm species.

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Hawkdancer:
Leaves that sm all sounds like Chinese elm, or maybe Siberian elm.  From what I've read Siberian is good, Chinese not so good.  But I'm not a forester and only a newby at the bowmaking!  Go for it!
Hawkdancer

Morgan:
The sapling that I cut was small and straight with no leaved branches down low and only a small twig coming off the trunk that is what I got the size from. Didn’t pay a lot of attention to the leaves on the crown. Neighbor has an elm that the bark looks the same as the one I cut but leave size varies a lot on this tree.
These are off the neighbors tree. I think it may be that same but not 100% sure.

Morgan:
Looking at bark pics online I think it is most likely American, slippery is a possibility though, there is not a whole lot of differences in the bark of a tree that small.. Chinese and Siberian have entirely different bark

upstatenybowyer:
I'm going w/ American.  )W(

mullet:
It doesn't look like the Chinese Elm around here. It is planted everywhere as an ornamental and everyone I've seen is twisted and knarly.

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