Ulmus rubra
| Ulmus rubra | |
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| Mature cultivated slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Ulmaceae |
| Genus: | Ulmus |
| Subgenus: | U. subg. Ulmus |
| Section: | U. sect. Ulmus |
| Species: | U. rubra
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| Binomial name | |
| Ulmus rubra | |
| Natural range of Ulmus rubra | |
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Ulmus rubra, the slippery elm, is a species of elm native to eastern North America. Other common names include red elm, gray elm, soft elm, moose elm, and Indian elm. It is closely related to the European wych elm (U. glabra), which has a very similar flower structure but lacks the pubescence over the seed.