Common Name(s): | Sugarberry, Hackberry,Southern, Texas Sugarberry |
Scientific Name: | Celtis laevigata var. laevigata |
Synoyms: | Celtis laevigata |
Family: | Ulmaceae |
Longevity: | Perennial |
Season: | Cool |
Origin: | Native |
Height: | 18 m |
Flowers: | March - April |
Fruits: | Fall |
Description: A large tree with a wide spreading crown common on a variety of sites in the southcentral and eastern U.S. Bark is thin and ranges from smooth to having protruding corky warts. Fruit matures reddish-orange to black in the fall, often remaining attached after leaf drop and is eaten by many species of birds and some mammals. Leaves and twigs are sometimes browsed by white-tailed deer and some livestock. Sugarberry nearly always has galls or other disease symptoms on the leaves or twigs (see photo.) Also commonly called hackberry. |