Medium sized, 60 – 70 ft. in height, 18 – 30 in. in dbh.

Leaves:
 Arrangement: alternate; simple

 Shape: elliptical to obovate

 Margin: doubly serrate

 Texture: scabrous above, pubescent below

 Variation: parallel

Red brown bark, non-diamond shaped fissures, does not show patches or streaks when sectioned. Mucilaginous inner bark.

Ash to brown gray in color, scabrous, buds pubescent. Buds are chestnut brown to black in color.

Flowers appear in short pedicelled fascicles.

Doubly serrated leaf, scabrous leaf and twig, bud more stout that American Elm buds.

Southern Maine west to Nebraska, south to Louisiana.

Intermediate tolerance. Rich, moist bottomlands, along streams.

Not important for lumber, used in manufacture of boxes, baskets and crates. Seeds are eaten by birds and small mammals, twigs are browsed by deer and rabbits.