Sugar Hackberry, Sugarberry

Celtis laevigata

Ulmaceae (Elm Family)

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Location on or near campus:  not known

Celtis laevigata: Sugar Hackberry or Sugarberry

·         leaves similar to common hackberry, but more slender and darker green and sometimes without rough-textured upper surface—leaf surface may be shiny

·         fruit is usually red to blue-black and very sweet – favored by birds

·         bark is more warty than common hackberry

·         similar growth habit and size of common hackberry

·         prefers moister soils than common hackberry -  native to floodplains and wetter soils

·         native to southeast Missouri