Celtis laevigata

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Common name: sugar hackberry, sugarberry, southern hackberry

Family: Celtidaceae (hackberry family)

Distribution: s.-c. and s.e. United States, Mexico

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Regional red list: Ohio Endangered Species

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: This large tree matures at 60' tall and wide in its native southeastern US. A broad, rounded tree, somewhat pendulous, with smooth bark. Leaves are dark green in summer becoming light yellow in fall. Fruit is an edible, blue-black berry ripening in September. Good street tree potential.

Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • Ohio Division of Natural Area & Preserves: Rare Plants of Ohio • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

1: DWD: AB07 (AB07) • Accession: D2015-0656.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
2: HED: CU17 (CU17) • Accession: D2001-1337.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
3: LKV: CG14 (CG14) • Accession: D2015-0656.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
4: PCA: CA16 (CA16) • Accession: D1953-0001.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
5: PCA: CA16 (CA16) • Accession: D1953-0001.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
6: PCA: CA16 (CA16) • Accession: D1953-0001.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
7: PER: BT19 (BT19) • Accession: D2001-1337.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
8: PER: CE21 (CE21) • Accession: D1991-0543.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
9: STC: AG14 (AG14) • Accession: D2015-0656.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
10: STC: AK14 (AK14) • Accession: D1991-0543.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
11: VVW: AY19 (AY19) • Accession: D2001-1337.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin

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