Boreal zones from central Alaska, central British Columbia and central Alberta south in Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico. Winters in southeastern California and probably into Mexico.

Pacific coast, in Canadian and Transition zones, from Sitka, Alaska, to Santa Cruz Mountains, California.

Canadian and Transition zones from Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Sierra Nevada of California south to San Jacinto Mountains; winters in adjacent valleys.

A beautiful tall round topped tree, branchless for 30 feet of its 80, distributed thru Kansas, Mississippi and Texas where it is the commonest Elm and attains its largest size in the bottom lands of the Guadalupe and Trinity rivers. The wood is hard and strong and is used in manufacturing furniture and fencing.