Only super-visible differences I can think of is seedpods. American Elm has the little more wing-y ones with the two things while Slippery elm has the ones which are kinda red and green and look "bigger" and more flat on the outsides (sorry idk how to describe).eolhc2023 wrote: ↑April 20th, 2023, 9:41 am Question: Can someone explain the major difference between American and Slippery Elm?
Slippery Elm has larger and rougher leaves, and I usually know when one of the following questions is about the source of it's name (even though this doesn't always work). I've compared many images of the two, but sometimes the differences I know about aren't obvious or don't even show. Is there any other way to tell the difference?
This iNat blogpost covers a lot of the more subtle differences between the two. https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/20573 ... d-for-2020
Some of these are diagnostic, while others of them might not be as diagnostic but still really helpful!
happy woodlands!
