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Trees of St. Tammany Parish: Winged Elm Traditional Cache

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isht kinta: Since the cache owner has not responded to my reviewer log requesting the geocache be maintained, the geocache has been archived.

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Hidden : 8/8/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is one of a series of caches highlighting a few of the many species of trees indigenous to St. Tammany Parish. This one features the Winged Elm (Ulmus alata).


Edit: People have reported being stung by bees while searching for this cache. Please use caution. There is a little trail going down to the water and a little winged elm just to the left of the trail near the water. This is where the cache is hanging. Do not go searching to the right of the trail in the larger winged elm.

The caches in this series can all be found hanging in the species of tree in the cache title.

Cache is a small camoed bison hanging around waist level.

Info about Winged Elm trees:


Range

Winged elm extends from southern Virginia west to Kentucky, southern Indiana and Illinois, and central Missouri; south to central Oklahoma and southeastern Texas; and east to central Florida. It is also found locally in Maryland.

winged elm range

Description

As its common and scientific names imply, Ulmus alata is most easily recognized by the very broad, thin pair of corky wings that form along the branchlets after a couple of years. The tree generally grows to a maximum height and breadth of about 13 × 13  m, although on fertile alluvial soils such as those of the Mississippi River Delta, some specimens have reached treble this height. The crown can be either rounded or pyramidal; the branches are pendulous.

The leaves are comparatively small for the genus, < 6.5 cm (2.5 in) long and < 2.0 cm (0.8 in) broad, oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, thin in texture, and smooth above. The wind-pollinated perfect apetalous flowers are borne on long pedicels in March and April before the leaves appear.

Winged Elm leaves

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

arne onax bs cbaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)