Trees in Winter: Elm

Today I went to Overhall Grove, Knapwell, Cambridgeshire. Winter is a good time to get out in our deciduous woods and look at trees because there are few leaves and undergrowth is sparse. Instead of leaves and fruit there may be only the shape of the tree, the texture of the bark and the structure of the twigs and buds to make the identification. In the case of this Elm there were a few leaves left attached to the short-shoots of last summer. The bark has a nice texture - not sure how to describe it; elmy? The buds on the twigs are alternate (not opposite) and very small at this stage. There are no rust coloured hairs on the buds but some whitish hairs on the twigs. The leaf is longer than broad and not very asymmetrical at the base. There are more forked veins on the right than the left (the top is the right as the leaf is photographed from underneath).