Texas Sugarberry
Celtis laevigata var. texana
Ulmaceae (Elm Family)
▲ dwarf hackberry trunk in foreground of wild black cherry trunk
▲▼ warty bark on young trees
▲▼ leaves grown in shade
▲▼ thicker leaves in full sun
Location on campus: in lawn area at Normal and Kings, east of Kings
Celtis laevigata var. texana: Texas Sugarberry
· leaves similar to common hackberry, but more slender and darker green and sometimes without rough-textured upper surface—leaves usually thicker than common hackberry or regular sugarberry
· fruit is usually red to blue-black and very sweet – favored by birds
· bark is more warty than common hackberry
· often smaller growing, with more dense, stiff branching than sugar hackberry
· tolerates drier, rockier soils than sugarberry—a common tree of Ozark hills and glades
· native to Missouri (and Springfield)