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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY Cannabaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Celtis occidentalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Celtis occidentalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Celtis occidentalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-03-002a:

Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Celtis occidentalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Hackberry


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p26a

        

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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2355_c_occident

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Celtis occidentalis, Northern Hackberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_351

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_352

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ceoc_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_ceoc_010_lvd

        

image of Celtis occidentalis, Northern Hackberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ceoc_012_lvd

        

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Roxanna Martin    rlm31812_7

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers unisexual, greenish, small, petals absent; staminate in fascicles, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm31812_8

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Staminate flowers: filaments incurved in bud, exserted after anthesis, per Flora of North America.

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_occidentalis_0087

April    Catawba County    NC

Bark gray to light brown, smooth with corky outgrowths, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_occidentalis_0088

April    Catawba County    NC

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_occidentalis_0090

April    Catawba County    NC

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Sam Pratt    sbp052921_image0

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

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Sam Pratt    sbp052921_image2

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

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Sam Pratt    sbp052921_image3

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

Leaf blades mostly < 2x long as wide, 5-12cm long, toothed well below middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

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Sam Pratt    sbp052921_image4

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Celtis occidentalis, Northern Hackberry

Sam Pratt    sbp052921_img4

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

Leaf lower surface glabrous or w inconspicuous hairiness mainly on the veins, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_celtis_occidentalis

October        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Celtis occidentalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Celtis occidentalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Celtis occidentalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-03-002a:
Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis   FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Celtis occidentalis

 

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, and bottomland forests, usually over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Mostly rare in GA-NC-SC (uncommon in GA Mountains & SC Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
Mostly unisexual
5-6 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary

Staminate inflorescences cymes or fascicles; pistillate solitary or few-flowered

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange/Brownish
Drupe

 

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