Sweetgum does that, too. A shredded mangled mess. Gum usually isn't too bad splitting after the rounds have set a few months.
The bark doesn't look anything like American elm, IMO. It's a lot smoother and shows plating and patterning of a shag. (Pictured below is a cropping and magnification of original.)
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Looks to me like elm. Shag Bark doesn't split like that. Elm does. I split up a big one- heavy, twisted, etc.. But yeah, I'm on the elm side.
We can try this...
Here's an American Elm I dropped a month or so ago. gzecc, did your rounds look anything like this?
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