Also known as red elm, gray elm, or soft elm, the slippery elm tree is native to North America. The tree is commonly found growing in moist, rich soil and may grow over 100 feet tall and live as ...

Slippery elm is also known as Indian elm, red elm, or gray elm. The tree gets its name from the slippery feeling of its inner bark. However, despite its growing popularity, there is limited ...

The species also is called red elm due to its reddish heartwood. Slippery elm has slightly larger leaves than its relative, the American elm, as well as a sandpapery texture on the leaves and twigs.

The bark of the American elm is spongy, with strong crisscrossing ridges. When sliced open, these ridges show distinct reddish brown and light tan/white colored layers inside the bark. This is ...