Hackberry tree

The common hackberry has a plethora of nicknames, including "nettle tree," "sugarberry," and "beaverwood." It is a tall native tree related to the elm, and it p

Complete Guide For Hackberry Tree – What You Need To Know – GrowIt BuildIT

Northern Hackberry ( Celtis occidentalis ) is a native deciduous tree common across much of the US and Canada. Though often referred to as a “junk tree” because of its lack of value as a timber product, hackberry is a beautiful, fast-growing tree that produces delicious fruit in late summer and fall

Common hackberry is named for its sweet, purple, edible fruits, but most people identify hackberry with its weird-looking bark, which develops numerous corky, wartlike projections and ridges.

Few native trees are more deserving of appreciation, yet fail to receive it, than the common hackberry. Despite a slightly off-putting name, the native hackberry (Celtis occidentals) has all the attributes that homeowners want: Grows in a rounded, vase-like shape? Check. Resists disease? Check. Grows quickly? Check. Tolerates air pollution? Check. Is drought and salt...

Hackberry - celtis, 40-60H, shade, pyramidal branching, fruit for wildlife, adapatable

Versatile, leafy, and easygoing, hackberry trees thrive in spaces where many others can’t, adding shade and birdsong to cities and yards. Learn more now.

Michigan Tree ID: Hackberry "Celtis occidentalis" Follow the Michigan Arbor Day Alliance facebook page for weekly "Tree ID Tuesdays" or join our e-Newsletters for a "Tree of the Month"!

So, what is a hackberry and why would one want to grow it in the landscape? You can learn more about this interesting tree and find answers to these questions in the article that follows.

Nowhere else on the planet will you find anything that compares to the geeky and up-to-date Garden Rant coverage of hackberries. Last week’s Guest Rant by Scott Beuerlein nudged the [...]

If you aren't a resident of the southeastern United States, then you may have never heard of sugar hackberry trees. Also referred to as sugarberry or southern hackberry, what is a sugarberry tree? Click here to find out some interesting sugar hackberry facts.

Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry This Morton Arboretum Hackberry is 61 years old, grown from seed. Hackberry grows naturally in moist bottomland soil but will grow rapidly in a variety of soil types from moist, fertile soils to hot, dry, rocky locations in the full sun. Hackberry is tolerant of highly alkaline soil. Hackberry is wind, drought, salt […]

Building a garden box for herbs to be shared by my East Nashville neighbors. This box stands on the site where our warrior hackberry tree used to be.

The hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis) is common deciduous tree with a few uncommon traits. Because of its prevalence across the United States, the hackberry is known by many different names such as sugarberry, beaverwood and nettletree. The hackberry is a tolerant species that can grow in a range of environmental and soil conditions making it a useful tree for municipalities and private land owners across the country.

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Celtis occidentalis, common hackberry

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Keeping Hackberry Trees Dwarfish

I often hear people refer to the hackberry tree as a trash tree. This term can mean different things to different folks, I suppose, but the hackberry is always included