Hackberry (Celtis spp.) is a hardwood deciduous tree that bears tiny red/purple, edible fruits. Two very similar species exist. The northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), also kown by a number of other names including, beaverwood, nettletree, American hackberry and …

The fruit is a fleshy, oblong drupe, 1 ⁄ 4 to 3 ⁄ 8 in (0.64 to 0.95 cm) long, tipped with the remnants of style, dark purple when ripe. It is borne on a slender stem and ripens in September and October.

Scientifically known as Celtis occidentalis, it will grow 50-80’ tall in full sun and well draining soil. Providing year round interest, Hackberry has a handsome oval to vase like crown and nice foliage as well as providing fruits that feed birds well into Winter.

Female flowers give way to an often abundant fruit crop of round fleshy berry-like drupes maturing to deep purple. Each drupe has one round brown seed within. Fruits are attractive to a variety of wildlife.

Fruit Description: Female flowers give way to an often abundant fruit crop of round fleshy berry-like drupes maturing to deep purple. Each drupe has one round brown seed within.

Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), is a widespread small to medium-size tree, known also as common hackberry, sugarberry, nettletree, beaverwood, north ern hackberry, and American hackberry. On good bot tom-land soils it grows fast and may live to 20 years.

2024年1月3日 · Common hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis) Common hackberry is a medium to large tree with deciduous glossy to dull green pointed leaves, gray bark, small yellowish flowers, and purple berries. Mature hackberries have an oval, …

Celtis occidentalis L., common hackberry, varies in size from a shrub to a tree in excess of 100 feet tall. It is widespread in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Hackberry grows best on moist alluvial soils, and occurs only as scattered trees mixed with other hardwoods.

Fruit are small greenish drupes that change to dark red or black upon maturity in September and October. Distribution: Common hackberry is native to the United States. It occurs from Maine and Quebec, west to North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado, and south to Texas and Georgia.

Fruit shape: round Fruit length: < .5 inch Fruit covering: fleshy Fruit color: black; purple; red Fruit characteristics: attracts birds; attracts squirrels and other mammals; inconspicuous and not showy; fruit, twigs, or foliage cause significant litter. Trunk and Branches.