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American Elm in central Indiana

Dutch elm disease took the street elms but the species never left central Indiana — it seeds aggressively, so volunteer elms are everywhere and they grow well right up until they are big enough to interest the bark beetles. What homeowners actually see is a decent thirty-to-forty-foot shade tree that flags one branch in June and is dead inside a season or two.

Large tree · $400–$1,900 typical

What moves the price on this one

  • Height — a 20-footer is a few hundred, an 80-foot oak over a roof is four figures
  • Access — can a truck and chipper get to it, or is everything carried by hand
  • What's underneath — a clear yard versus a roof, a fence, a pool or a power drop
  • Condition — dead and brittle costs more than live, because it can't be climbed
  • Species and wood density — hickory and walnut rig slower than pine

Also searched as white elm, water elm, soft elm, gray elm, common elm, Ulmus americana.

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