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HACKBERRY
Celtis occidentalis L.
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Common hackberry, Sugarberry.
FORM: Rarely more than 40-50 feet high, on rich soils may reach a height of more than
100 feet; in the open the trunk is short, breaking up into stout spreading limbs 8-10 feet
above the ground to form a more or less round-topped crown.
BARK: Grayish-brown, l-l l/2 inch thick, may be smooth or more or less thickly covered
and rounghened by irregular wart-like excrescences or by long ridges.
TWIGS: Slender, somewhat shiny, occasionally slightly downy, brownish, covered with
scattered raised lenticels.
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, broadly ovate and somewhat falcate, 2 l/2-4 inches long, l-2
inches wide, acuminate at the apex, rounded and inequilateral at the base, coarsely serrate
except at the ends, rough on upper surface, 3-ribbed, somewhat hairy on prominent veins
below.
FLOWERS: Three kinds; staminate cymose from buds at the base of the growth of the
season; the perfect and pistillate, solitary or in few-flowered fascicles from the axils of
the upper leaves, calyx pale yellowish-green, divided into 5 linear scarious lobes.
FRUIT: Thick skinned, subglobose or oblong, long-stalked, one-seeded drupe, about l/4
inch long, tipped with persistent style.
WINTER BUDS: l/4 inch long, ovate, sharp-pointed, appressed, bud scales sometimes
longitudinally striated and dark margined.
WOOD: Heavy, not strong, coarse-grained, rather soft, pale yellow with white sapwood.
USES: Pulp, rough lumber. Historical uses: boxes, crates.
HABITAT: Prefers rich soil, also grows on gravelly uplands, usually solitary.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTRICS: Pith is chambered; dark fruit; leaves ovate,
short acuminate; corky bark usually present on old trees.
DISTRIBUTION IN ALABAMA: Statewide.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE
1. A flowering branch 8. A fruiting branch
2. Diagram of a flower 9. Vertical section of a fruit
3. A staminate flower before the 10. A fruit cut open transversely
straightening of the filaments 11. An embryo
4. A staminate flower expanded 12. An embryo partly displayed
5. A perfect flower 13. A winter branchlet
6. Vertical section of a perfect
flower
7. An ovule
56
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LJ c” //
5 6
3
Al.
Celtis occidentalis L.
Plate 56
This information is provided by the
Alabama Forestry Commission
www.forestry.state.al.us

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Hackberry

  • 1. HACKBERRY Celtis occidentalis L. OTHER COMMON NAMES: Common hackberry, Sugarberry. FORM: Rarely more than 40-50 feet high, on rich soils may reach a height of more than 100 feet; in the open the trunk is short, breaking up into stout spreading limbs 8-10 feet above the ground to form a more or less round-topped crown. BARK: Grayish-brown, l-l l/2 inch thick, may be smooth or more or less thickly covered and rounghened by irregular wart-like excrescences or by long ridges. TWIGS: Slender, somewhat shiny, occasionally slightly downy, brownish, covered with scattered raised lenticels. LEAVES: Alternate, simple, broadly ovate and somewhat falcate, 2 l/2-4 inches long, l-2 inches wide, acuminate at the apex, rounded and inequilateral at the base, coarsely serrate except at the ends, rough on upper surface, 3-ribbed, somewhat hairy on prominent veins below. FLOWERS: Three kinds; staminate cymose from buds at the base of the growth of the season; the perfect and pistillate, solitary or in few-flowered fascicles from the axils of the upper leaves, calyx pale yellowish-green, divided into 5 linear scarious lobes. FRUIT: Thick skinned, subglobose or oblong, long-stalked, one-seeded drupe, about l/4 inch long, tipped with persistent style. WINTER BUDS: l/4 inch long, ovate, sharp-pointed, appressed, bud scales sometimes longitudinally striated and dark margined. WOOD: Heavy, not strong, coarse-grained, rather soft, pale yellow with white sapwood. USES: Pulp, rough lumber. Historical uses: boxes, crates. HABITAT: Prefers rich soil, also grows on gravelly uplands, usually solitary. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTRICS: Pith is chambered; dark fruit; leaves ovate, short acuminate; corky bark usually present on old trees. DISTRIBUTION IN ALABAMA: Statewide. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. A flowering branch 8. A fruiting branch 2. Diagram of a flower 9. Vertical section of a fruit 3. A staminate flower before the 10. A fruit cut open transversely straightening of the filaments 11. An embryo 4. A staminate flower expanded 12. An embryo partly displayed 5. A perfect flower 13. A winter branchlet 6. Vertical section of a perfect flower 7. An ovule 56
  • 2. 4 LJ c” // 5 6 3 Al. Celtis occidentalis L. Plate 56 This information is provided by the Alabama Forestry Commission www.forestry.state.al.us