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Things to Snow and Do 303 Chestnut (Castanea dmiata) A noble tree, 60 to 80 or even 100 feet high. A cubic foot of the wood weighs z8 lbs. Leaves 6 to 8 inches long. Mass- achusetts to Indiana and Mississippi. White Ehn, Water, or Swamp Elm (Ulmus Americana) A tall, splendid, forest tree; commonly 100, occasionally 120, feet Wood reddish brown; hard, strong, tough, very hard to split. A cubic foot weighs 41 lbs. Soon rots near the ground. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. Manitoba to Nova Scotia and south to Gulf. Slippeiy Elm, Moose, or Red Elm (Ulmus fulva)

than White Ehn, maximum height about 70 feet.

Wood dark, reddish, hard, close, tough, strong; durable next