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to 6 inches long; its burs less than half the size of dentata. Its wood is similar but darker and heavier, a cubic foot weighing 37 lbs. These two complete the list of chestnuts native to the Northeastern States. . ULMACE^ — ELM FAMILY White Elm, Water or Swamp Elm. (Ulmus Americana) A tall splendid forest tree; commonly 100, occasionally 120 feet high. Wood reddish-brown; hard, strong, tough, very hard to split. This furnished the material of the hubs in 0. W. Holmes's "One Hoss Shay."