Name that Tree!

Last week I posted about a tree at the edge of our property line which is dropping its leaves making it appear that Fall is here in Georgia.

The tree itself seem to be a mystery tree as no one could identify it. I was taking a stab and calling it an Elm of some sort but others debated that guess. So I snapped some more pictures so as to get a better peek of our mystery tree.
This tall guy has a grayish color to his long trunk. This is the direct front of the tree that faces our property. This tree is really not our tree as it sits just over the barbed wire that belongs to the land owners behind us. I have never seen these land owners so we pretty much take care of the trees and limbs that fall into our yard from this area. I kind of think of these trees as belonging to us even though they do not. From the side view, you can see another tree growing right up beside this tall guy with some sort of vine growing up its trunk. I am guessing the vine will lead to another posting some time in the future...

The tree was too tall for me to grab a leaf but since he is still dropping them, I found a pretty good yellowing, green specimen.
I placed a Sweet Gum Ball beside the leaf so you can get a scope of the small leaf size. Pictures can be so deceiving at times. I can make a tiny bloom look like a giant with a zoom lens! Any guesses yet?

I pulled my tree book out and upon a closer look I do believe I have identified this handsome guy. Here is a closer look of the leaf.
Here is a small twig of the tree that I found on the ground. Now surely from this little clue, someone will know what type of tree this is....
A closer view of the winged bark on the small twig. Now if that clue did not tell you what type tree this is, then you are not familiar with this type tree.
From looking in my tree book and seeing the winged bark on the branches, I believe this tree to be a Winged Elm!

Winged elm (Ulmus alata), also called corked elm or wahoo elm, can be distinguished from other elms by the woody, wing-like growths along the branchlets.

A Google search reveals, The wood is very flexible and springy but is also hard and resists splitting. It is categorized as a rock elm or hard elm and is used in flooring, boxes, crates, furniture, rocking chairs or curved pieces and is the wood of choice for hockey sticks, due to its resistance to splitting. The fibrous inner bark is used to make baling twine.

It provides a nutritious browse for white-tailed deer, especially in the spring, when the vegetation is tender and most easily digested. The seeds are eaten by rodents, small mammals, and numerous birds.

Winged elm is a native species, found throughout the southeastern corner of the United States, from southern Virginia, west to the Ohio valley and Texas, and south into Florida.
Ah, Mystery solved! Did anyone know this Winged Elm before now?

There sure was a beautiful blue sky the day I was trying to NAME THAT TREE, In the Garden...