Celtis occidentalis AMERICAN HACKBERRY
BROADLEAF
DECIDUOUS
FULL SUN
NON-NATIVE
HIGH DROUGHT TOLERANCE
H: 60FT W: 60FT
Often called “one tough tree,” the American hackberry is a hardy, long-lived species that thrives in heat, drought, wind, and urban conditions. It develops a broad, rounded crown with arching or slightly drooping branches and bark marked by distinctive corky ridges and warts. Though its rough, dull-green leaves provide only modest fall color, the hackberry compensates with clusters of orange-brown to dark-purple berries that persist into winter, feeding birds and wildlife. Elm-like in form but far more resilient, it supports numerous butterfly species and endures everything from pollution to poor soils with ease.
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