elm pinyin: yú mù. The tough wood of elm is widely used for making instruments, furniture and barrels.

Ulmus pumila belongs to Ulmus of Ulmaceae, mainly producing temperate zone, deciduous trees and tall trees, which are common in all northern regions, especially in the Yellow River basin. The young fruits and leaves of elm can be used as food or feed. It is documented that during the famine in Norway in the mid-19th century, Norwegian farmers cooked elm trunks with water to satisfy their hunger. Tough elm bark can be made into ropes. Elm is also a tree species resistant to toxic gases such as carbon dioxide and chlorine. It contains beta- coumarol, vegetable alcohol, coumarol and other kinds of coumarol, polonium, gum and fatty oil.

Ulmus pumila can be dried, reshaped, carved, ground and lacquered to make exquisite lacquered crafts. Russian old elm (purple elm) is the most classic, which has the advantages of clear texture and less scarring. It is a valuable material for making furniture, and the price of raw materials per cubic meter of elm is about 15 yuan. Wood grain is straight, with clear patterns, good wood elasticity, moisture resistance and corrosion resistance.

wood has moderate hardness, is easy to dry, and is not easy to deform and crack, so it is the first choice for making furniture. Beautiful patterns and elegant colors. Mainly suitable for high-grade furniture, cabinets, lacquer carving crafts, etc. Ulmus pumila is distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu and Xinjiang. Tibet and the lower reaches of the northern Sichuan provinces are also cultivated; Korea, the Soviet Union and Mongolia are also distributed.