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Tree Description #16
Common: Hackberry
Scientific:Celtis occidentalis

Leaf:    Type: Ovate
                    1. Form-Open Spread
                    2. Apex- Acute
                    3. Margin- Toothed
                    4. Base- Oblique

Venation: Pinnate
            Arrangement:Alternate

Flower:
        Description: Male and female are separate; only females make fruit. Reddish-purple flowers, male and female

Fruit:
        Description: Rounded, edible, berry-like, reddish-orange or purple; 1.5-2cm.

Twig: Gray to reddish-brown, finely hairy, about 1/4 long

Bark: Moderately thick, dark brown to grayish brown; 2.5-3.7 cm

Form: Open spread, ovoid (40-60 ft. high; 20-40 feet wide)

Discussion:

Uses: City landscaping, food, habitat, fence posts, and furniture.

Origin: North America

Distribution: Northwestern United States; Rich woods and hill slopes; Massachusetts across to Manitoba and South Dakota, Southern Oklahoma, Alabama and Virginia; Zones: 2 to 9

           
Map:
Rural Bloomington; Tree #16

Copyright:
For copyright info contact donnazvonar@st.marysschool.net


References:
http://www.arborday.org
Trees, Allen J. Coombes
The Illustrated Book of Trees, William C. Grimm
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees, Alfred A. Knopf
National Audubon Society First Field Guide to Trees, Brian Cassie
The Urban Tree Book, Arthur Plotnik
The Complete Trees of North America Field Guide and Natural History, Thomas S. Elias



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