Elm Flooring

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So the first series of photos shows the old soldier in the middle of some parkland and it measures four feet in diameter at chest level

There seems to be a lot of interesting lumps and bumps but Ian not sure what wood turners covet most

Very sad to lose that tree

The second two are of a two foot diameter hedgerow tree that is covered with ivy and is hard to make out

The last photo is of a large limb

Both trees were in full leaf in 2018 and died suddenly and completely in 2019

The ground is so wet that we have not been able to take any machinery to them

All the elms that have died previously due to DED took several years to die, starting with a few patches of pale leaves in the crown and steadily becoming worse over time.

I really thought that these two were immune and going to survive