Elm Tree

Elm Tree Biography
Elm trees in Britain can grow to become some of the tallest and largest native trees. Like the oak, they often had very specific customs and folklore attached to individual, named trees such as the Tenor, Bass and Alto elms on Humberside, or the Dancing elms of Devon around which May Day dances were held (these trees have all sadly succumbed to Dutch elm disease). As well as their widespread use in hedges, their stature made them imposing landmarks and boundary markers, and travelling preachers and judges would often pronounce from beneath them. Their large distinctive shapes feature prominently in many English pastoral paintings by Constable (eg his famous "The Haywain" painting) and his contemporaries. Notwithstanding elm's legendary associations with death and the Underworld, people also looked to elm for medicinal cures. The inner bark was especially efficacious when chewed or boiled into a liquor to treat colds and sore throats, while the boiled bark was also used to treat burns.

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

Elm Tree

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