Tree ID

Looks like Hackberry. Does the trunk look like it has warts?

The leaves are not round enough or big enough for Hackberry.

It looks like American Elm, or possibly Siberian Elm to me. But definitely Elm. (Hackberry is in the Elm family too though fox9988.)

Elm. If the leaves are all on the small side, like 1-2" max it's probably a siberian. If you do find some larger leaves and they feel like sandpaper, red elm. American elm will have larger leaves, not feel like sandpaper but cutting into the wood will tell you right away if american- light (white) colored wood with a darker colored stain towards the center. Red and siberian wood look very similar when fresh cut, but the difference becomes more noticable after seasoning, red elm will have less checking, less shrinkage and more weight, siberian will be light like box elder once seasoned.

gzecc said:

Working a job with this tree in the front yard. Its a swampy area. Pic of tree and leaves.

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ELM 100%. Id say american but i am not as up on the species of elm as my other commercial southern and common species.

American Elm = pass for me.

American elm

It is elm, and will do, but it aint the best to work.

can be a PITA to split, but elm burns good, with decent BTUs. If you have a splitter, go for it. If you are using an axe or maul, have fun......

Notice that the base of each leaf, where it meets the leaf stem, is asymmetrical. This is characteristic of elms The leaves look kind of small for American elm so maybe it is Siberian Elm. Siberian is supposed to have more or less symmetrical leaf bases but pics of Siberian Elm leaves online look a lot like the pics in the original post.