ID help

[terryb]

Good evening all. Collected this and a younger version in winter. It is deciduous and has what I would call Prunus type bark

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Here is a closeup of the leaves

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Any help with identification would be appreciated

terryb

[Daluke]

Looks like an Ash or Beech?

[Boics]

Definitely not ash as they are not compound leaves.
Some sort of ulmus?

[Raging Bull]

Hi Terryb,
I've just compared it to some new shoots on one of my chinese elms, and they look virtually identical. The serrations of the leaf margins,the leaf veins running out to the points of the serrations and the alternate leaves all look identical. The only difference I can see is the diameter of the branch in relation to the leaf size, In your photo the diameter is greater than my C E . But I'm only a newbie, maybesome-one more knowledgable can confirm that or have another Idea.
Cheers, Frank.

[terryb]

Boics and Frank,

The leaves do look elm-like and that's sort of where I end up when trying to key it out. I forgot to post this image which shows some brown stipules(?) at the base of the leaf petioles as the buds were expanding. Haven't noticed this on my young chinese elms.

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Also the older leaves do seem to be doubly serrate. May have to get another photo

[Watto]

I think English Elm. If the leaves are a bit rough on the underside, that is a reasonable indication of English Elm.

[Boics]

I think English Elm. If the leaves are a bit rough on the underside, that is a reasonable indication of English Elm.

Yep, that new photo looks more like EE.
I was favouring EE over CE from the first picture as the leaves looked a little too soft and furry for CE.