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Yes, it burns hot, cut it up remove the bark and burn the bark if you store it. The damn disease killed every old one we had, they are a magnificent tree, the "Ulmus Americana". It may differ from other hardwoods, but it does burn well, after it is dried awhile, it can be split much easier, it's got a spiral grain that makes it difficult. I've got quite a bit of it to take down here and around the area wherever I can get it, it sells too. Dutch elm disease is a fungus spread by an insect, the best thing you can do is get rid of all the dead trees, debark and burn any you store, helps prevent the spread of it by eliminating the habitat for the carrier insect. The disease cuts off the water flow with in the structure that carries in inside the tree, it starves for water and dies. You can also purchase the fungicide to prevent the disease, you drill holes in the base, use a pressurized tank to feed an injection harness, use a drill to make the holes and hammer to pound in the harness tips, open the valve and fill er up. I did one that took 55 gallons once a few years ago, it had already flagged, ( yellow group of leaves on top ) so my attempt to save it was frugal. The dutch elm research institute can provide the fungicide, it's not cheap either, but a long time favorite tree is hard to replace, they have a species that is immune to D.E.D. the Liberty Elm, but I do not know if it has the same impressive canopy as the indigenous species.
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