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American Elm v. Slippery Elm.

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Badger:
   Elm is an excellent bow wood but red elm is nothing like most other elms.

okie64:
Slippery elm will generally have more scaly bark than American elm. Also the leaves on slippery elm will be rough on top and bottom and American elm will have smooth, shiny leaves on the top side.

Brevi:
Does dutch elm disease kill only the older elms in Ontario or every single tree ? 

Introduced disease did in native Chestnut trees and now ash trees in North America are in trouble ... is that every single tree ash tree or just some ?

PatM:
Trees in Ontario are  quite variably resistant.  There is a database run by a University that documents surviving large  trees or trees which have grown to a large size  without being affected.

   I would say a lot of trees do end up getting infected but Elm trees are still everywhere here.

peacefullymadewarbows:
Thanks everyone. Based on y'all's descriptions it could be either species. It had less scaly bark BUT majority heartwood in the cross section of the trunk. I did not have the ability to assess leaves as it was cut in winter. I think one part of my problem I noticed is the most recent 1/2" of wood has extremely thin rings. And overall the wood does not feel very dense. Almost as light in the hand as eastern red cedar. But those aren't empirical measures by any means.

Badger - When you say red elm is nothing like the others is that that it is much better or much worse than its cousins?

Thanks again everyone.

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