Celtis occidentalis
Common Hackberry
Ulmaceae

Located in back of W.B. Young

  • leaves alternate, roughly cordate, serrated margins
  • leaves medium green, oblique leaf base
  • terminal buds absent
  • lateral buds small, imbricate
  • stems slender, with prominent lenticels
  • fruit is a shiny, pendant drupe, green-purple
  • bark corky, thick, ridged, with fine lines on surface
  • habit is a pyramidal-rounded tree

View Celtis occidentalis page in the UConn Plant Database

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