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Elm – Red

Ulmus rubra
Also known as |
Red Elm|Slippery Elm|Soft Elm
Elm - Red Lumber @ Rare Woods USA

Once a great American utility-wood stable, obtaining long boards of American Elm, presently, can prove to be a most difficult task. Elm’s heartwood colors range from a muted tan, to light to medium reddish brown. Its sapwood is easy to distinguish, being considerably paler in color. Recommended applications are those of a utilitarian nature, and preferably indoors; the wood has proven itself to be decidedly “non-durable,” and is known to possess poor dimensional stability. Its grains are typically interlocked and its texture is coarse. Although it glues, stains and finishes well, its diffult grains and texture makes resawing a difficult chore, with tearout not uncommon.

Not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Why We Love This Wood

The story with this wood is that its trees used to be among the most populated and frequently seen throughout North America. In times past, this medium-density wood was a heavily-used utility wood and was a staple in the paper / pulp industry ... then Dutch Elm Disease showed up, and its numbers have been decimated since continually gathering steam. Across the midwest, from the 1950's through the '70's, the population of Elms was decimated. By the late '80's, both Canada' and the US's Elms were, numerically, not far from extinction.

To its credit, the species has managed to not only survive, but maintain some longevity -- due to its early seed-bearing tendencies, and quick rate of growth. Despite successfully enduring, the average life span of an Elm tree has been greatly foreshortened; very few trees survive long enough to reach full maturity.

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    Main Color GroupPink
    Grain Pattern Pronounced
    Avg Dry Weight - LB/BF3.2
    Avg Dry Weight - KG/M3600
    Janka Hardness - LBF860
    Janka Hardness - N3830
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    ELM1185_1
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    | Grade: AB
    Edge defects,Bark inclusions,Skip planed patch

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    | Grade: AB
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    0.94"
    x 5.13" x
    47.5"
    | Grade: AB
    Surface defects,Knots,Skip planed,Slight bow,Thickness drops to 0.81” at skip planed patch

    $30.07

    ELM1174_1
    ELM1174
    0.94"
    x 5.06" x
    47.69"
    | Grade: AB
    Surface defect,Slight skip planing,Small edge defects,Crack

    $29.56

    ELM1172_1
    ELM1172
    0.94"
    x 4.44" x
    49.75"
    | Grade: B
    Edge defects,Bark inclusions

    $24.64

    ELM1171_1
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    x 4.25" x
    49.5"
    | Grade: AB
    Edge defects,Small cracks

    $26.59

    ELM1168_1
    ELM1168
    0.94"
    x 7.13" x
    49.75"
    | Grade: AB
    Cracks,Small bark inclusions,Small edge defects

    $40.35

    ELM1166_1
    ELM1166
    1"
    x 6.38" x
    49.63"
    | Grade: AB
    Bark inclusions,Surface defects,Edge defects

    $34.04

    ELM1165_1
    ELM1165
    0.94"
    x 5.38" x
    49.31"
    | Grade: AB
    Planer burn,Small bark inclusions,Crack,Small bow

    $30.60

    ELM1164_1
    ELM1164
    0.94"
    x 5.38" x
    49.56"
    | Grade: AB
    Bark inclusions,Surface defects,Edge defects,Cracks

    $30.01

    ELM1163_1
    ELM1163
    0.94"
    x 5.75" x
    49.56"
    | Grade: AB
    Surface defects,Cracks,Bark inclusions,Edge defects

    $33.27

    ELM1162_1
    ELM1162
    0.94"
    x 5.88" x
    49.75"
    | Grade: AB
    Skip planed,Bark inclusions,Edge defects,Knots

    $34.04

    ELM1161_1
    ELM1161
    0.94"
    x 7.63" x
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    | Grade: B
    Slight twist,Cracks,Edge defects,Bark inclusions

    $30.75

    ELM1160_1
    ELM1160
    0.88"
    x 5.63" x
    50"
    | Grade: AB
    Skip planed,Crack

    $30.08

    ELM1159_1
    ELM1159
    0.88"
    x 5.75" x
    49.31"
    | Grade: AB
    Knots

    $29.81

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