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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

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

Celtis occidentalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

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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image of Celtis occidentalis, Northern Hackberry

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

        

image of Celtis occidentalis, Northern Hackberry

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

        

image of Celtis occidentalis, Northern Hackberry

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
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
5-6 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Mostly unisexual

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange/Brownish
Drupe

 

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