Common Hackberry
(Celtis occidentalis L.)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, 2"-4" long, tip slender-pointed, margins toothed except near the rounded unequal base, rough upper surface, prominent veins beneath, leaf stem slightly hairy and grooved.
Celtis (Hackberry)
Hackberries, very decorative solitary trees with dense crowns and small, usually dark-blue to black fruits (edible) with one large seed each. Good nutrition source for wildlife animals.
Plant Database - Trees
Southern Hackberry; Sugar Hackberry
(Celtis laevigata)
Form ...
Hackberry
Siberian Elm
NOXIOUS WEED
NM
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31. Hackberry Celtis occidentalis leaf
6-9 cm long, 2-4 cm wide.
margin sharply serrate above the middle, often entire below.
base asymmetrical.
petiole divides into three distinct main veins at the leaf base.
SUGAR HACKBERRY
Celtis laevigata
General Notes
SelecTree lists 1 cultivar of laevigata: 'all seasons' ...
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Hickory (Carya)
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis) ...
Hackberry
SEL-tis
About 70, mostly evergreen species in the tropics, but also deciduous trees and some shrubs. leaves alternate, 3-veined at the base, margin entire or serrate.
European Hackberry is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant to air pollution and long-living. Small, dark-purple berries are sweet and edible, and are extremely popular with birds and other wildlife.
Southern Hackberry.
Spathiphyllum (Spathiphyllum sp). An attractive herbaceous evergreen best known as an indoor plant but does well outside in shaded areas. There are nearly 30 types. Natives of tropical America and Malaysia.
aka Western hackberry
Difficult to sell to the public because of its unruly habit when young. Small plants in nurseries do not reveal the true attractive character of the mature tree.
self sows where water is plentiful ...
Hackberry can attain very large proportions, but usually grows 40-60 ft (12-18 m) in height and 1-2 ft (30-60 cm) in diameter. When grown in the open, it develops a short bole and a large rounded crown.
Celtis reticulata. Hackberry. Fort Bowie National Historic Monument. Arizona.
Botany in a Day
There are more
Elm Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Desert Hackberry [English]: Celtis pallida
Desert Hackberry (Spiny) [English]: Celtis pallida
Desert Hawthorn [English]: Crataegus viridis var. desertorum
Desert Hibiscus [English]: Hibiscus denudatus ...
Pendula' Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara 'Aurea' Golden Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara 'Shalimar' Shalimar Cedar Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon Celastrus orbiculatus Chinese Bittersweet Celtis occidentalis Hackberry ...
Western Hackberry (Celtis reticulata)
Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
Western Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya knowltonii)
Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)
Western Mountain Ash (Sorbus scopulina)
Western Redbud (Cercis reniformis) ...
Celtis occidentalis, Hackberry
Fraxinus americana, White Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Green Ash
Fraxinus nigra, Black Ash
Magnolia spp., Magnolias
Quercus alba, White Oak
Quercus macrocarpa, Bur Oak
Quercus nigra, Black Oak ...
Common Hackberry
Ulmaceae
leaves alternate, roughly cordate, serrated margins
leaves medium green, oblique leaf base
terminal buds absent
lateral buds small, imbricate
stems slender, with prominent lenticels ...
Celtis occidentalis : Common Hackberry - Landscape
Cercidiphyllum japonicum : Katsura Tree - Whole Plant
Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Pendula' : Weeping Katsura Tree - Whole Plant ...
celtis, Chinese celtis, Chinese elm, Chinese hackberry, Chinese nettle-tree, hackberry, Japanese hackberry
Family
Ulmaceae ...
Celtis occidentalis. COMMON HACKBERRY. Eastern United States, Quebec
ULMACEAE (Elm family) ...
Other plants that attract butterfly larva include leadplant (Amorpha canescens), clover, hackberry, elm, plantain, snapdragon, nettles and willows.
BUTTERFLY GARDENING -- NECTAR SOURCES
Cultivated Flowers: ...
Some may even confuse it with choke-cherry (Prunus serotina) and hackberry (Celtis sp.).
Alternative native plants that can be planted after paper mulberry has been removed include: red maple (Acer rubrum), hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), and sassafras (Sassafras albidum).
Mechanical: ...
Bark: Initially smooth and gray, becoming warty then scaly.
Form: A small tree or large shrub to 25 feet tall and of equal spread.
Looks like: red mulberry - white mulberry - netleaf hackberry ...
 See also: Green, Cherry, Celtis occidentalis, May, Orange
  
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