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Celtis occidentalis |
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Common Hackberry |
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  2
to 9 |
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Quebec to Manitoba,
Canada south to North Carolina, Alabama,
Georgia and Oklahoma -
United States |
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Broad canopy of ascending, arching branches somewhat
similar to the American elm (Ulmus
americana). |
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40 to 60 feet high and equal spread in the landscape. Up
to 100 feet in the forest. |
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Polygamo-monoecious , staminate
flowers in
fascicles toward base; the perfect and pistillate
flowers borne solitary in the axils of the leaves. |
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April to May as the
leaves emerge. |
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Alternate, simple,
ovate to oblong-ovate, 2 to 5” long. |
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Yellow to
yellow-green. |
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Trunk and older
limbs with narrow corky projecting ridges which
are sometimes reduced to wart-like projections. |
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Fleshy, orange-red
to dark purple drupe. |
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- 'Chicagoland' - Develops a single,
upright leader.
- 'Prairie Pride' - Thick, leathery, dark
green foliage. Small tree.
- 'Windy City' - Upright but spreading
habit.
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