### plant | tracheophyte | tree:

Dwarf tree
* are best for small garden spaces
  - diminutive and shrub-like, reaching four feet or so at maturity
* bear sooner and are also easier to prune and harvest fruit from.
* begin to bear earlier than the larger, standard trees.
* produce fruit of the same size, color and quality as larger standard tree.
* produces year round.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree:

Elm
* All elms are trees.
* Most elms bear single seeds about the size of a pea
  - grow rapidly and have a moderate to long life span
* Most elms have bark
  - distinctive shapes
  - flowers
  - mottle bark
  - origins
  - perfect flowers
* Some elms grow along streams
  - in zones
* Some elms grow on ridges
  - rocky ridges
* Some elms have extensive natural ranges
  - margins
  - serious side effects
  - plant in towns
* also take well to leaf redution and the leaf is gorgeous when it is small.
* are components of many kinds of natural forests
  - deciduous, meaning they shed their leaves once each year, starting in the fall
  - relatively unimportant to wildlife compared to oaks, maples and dogwoods
* are susceptible to Dutch elm disease, however
  - a variety of diseases, including Dutch elm disease
  - trees that commonly form natural root grafts when planted adjacent to one another
  - usually able to produce enough new leaves to ensure food production
  - limbs that reach straight up into the sky
  - simple leaves with teeth on the edges
  - tendencies
* includes bark
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - leaf nodes
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - stumps
  - tree branches
  - treetops
  - trunks
  - vacuoles
  - xylem
* often get galls such as the cockscombgall, caused by an aphid.
* prefer full sun to part shade.
* provide some nectar but primarily supply pollen.
* take many decades to grow to maturity.

Elm tree
* Most elm trees can successfully defend themselves against the non-aggressive strain of the disease.
* Most elm trees grow in landscapes
  - to height
* Most elm trees produce flowers
  - tiny flowers
* are also susceptible to the devastating Dutch elm disease
  - in flower and look like they are covered with myriad brown raindrops

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | elm:

Chinese elm
* Most chinese elms have bark
  - mottle bark
* Some chinese elms grow in zones.

Siberian elm
* Some siberian elms grow along streams.
* is an Asian species, native to eastern Siberia, northern China, Manchuria and Korea
  - rather resistant, but has lots of twig fall
  - sensitive to herbicides

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | elm:

Slippery elm
* Most slippery elms have flowers.
* Some slippery elms have serious side effects
* are elms.
* can calm and coat the intestine.
* has a long history as a first aid and home remedy
  - long, safe history in alleviating sore throats
* is also an ingredient of some cough lozenges and cough syrups
  - good to drink while going off alcohol
* is an elm
  - excellent nutrient, mixed with a little honey, for debilitated animals
* is an herbal preparation made from the inner bark of the slippery elm tree
  - remedy that has helped many adults and babies
  - classed as permeable to preservatives, and rock elm, resistant
  - high in protein and is healing as well
  - native to the entire state
  - quite safe, with no known side effects or interactions with any other medicines
  - susceptible to many of the same diseases as American elm
* seems an odd name for a tree with rough leaves.
* sprouts readily from the stump or root crown.
* wholesome food for the weak and convalescent, from infants to the elderly.