Editing Ulmus americana (section)

==== "Herbie" ====
[[File:'Herbie', Yarmouth, Maine.jpg|thumb|left|An April 21, 2008, picture of Herbie]]
Another notable American elm, named [[Herbie (tree)|Herbie]], was the tallest American elm in New England until it was cut down on January 19, 2010, after it succumbed to DED. Herbie was {{convert|110|ft|m}} tall at its peak and had a circumference of {{convert|20.3|ft|m}}, or a diameter of approximately {{convert|6.5|ft}}. The tree stood in [[Yarmouth, Maine]], where it was cared for by the town's tree warden, Frank Knight.<ref name="Sharp">{{cite web | last=Sharp | first=David | date=January 31, 2010 | title=Do Rings of Herbie the Elm Have Age, Climate Data? | publisher=Boston.com | agency=[[Associated Press]] | url=https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/01/31/do_rings_of_herbie_the_elm_have_age_climate_data/ | access-date=December 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225022415/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/01/31/do_rings_of_herbie_the_elm_have_age_climate_data/ | archive-date=December 25, 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>

When cut down, Herbie was 217 years old. Herbie's wood is of interest to [[Dendroclimatology|dendroclimatologist]]s, who will use cross-sections of the trunk to help answer questions about climate during the tree's lifetime.<ref name="Sharp" />