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Demand For Slippery Elm's Gummy Bark Tempts Poachers

Beth Anne Austein

In 1905, author Harriet Keeler wrote about the inner bark of the slippery elm tree: “It is thick, fragrant, mucilaginous, demulcent, and nutritious. The…