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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Celtis laevigata   FAMILY Cannabaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Celtis laevigata   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Celtis laevigata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Celtis laevigata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-03-001:

Celtis laevigata   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Celtis laevigata var. laevigata

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Celtis laevigata var. texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Celtis mississippiensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry


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image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_356

        

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_357b

        

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_492979799442593

January        

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JK Marlow    jkm090221_064

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Keith Bradley    kab_celtis_laevigata_9377

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

Pistillate flowers in the axils of emerging leaves toward tips of twigs, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_celtis_laevigata_2

February        

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

JK Marlow    jkm090321_065

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Bark of mature trunk gray and smooth, becoming roughly warty, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

JK Marlow    jkm090321_067

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

JK Marlow    jkm090321_239

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

JK Marlow    jkm110313_966

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

JK Marlow    jkm060506_131

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Margins of leaves subtending fruits entire or 1-2 0.5-1mm teeth on one side, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Keith Bradley    kab_c_laevigata_79384

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaf tip attenuate and long-acute to long-acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Keith Bradley    kab_celtis_leavigata_0066

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

JK Marlow    jkm131020_933

October    Spartanburg County    SC

Small, round, orange-red to yellow, 1-seeded fruits, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Celtis laevigata, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_laevigata_2_bark

December    Floyd County    GA

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Celtis laevigata   FAMILY Cannabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Celtis laevigata   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Celtis laevigata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Celtis laevigata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-03-001:
Celtis laevigata   FAMILY Ulmaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Celtis laevigata var. texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Celtis mississippiensis

 

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on natural levees, upland calcareous forests and woodlands, shell middens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
5-6 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Mostly unisexual

Staminate inflorescences cymes or fascicles; pistillate solitary or few-flowered

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish-orange
Drupe

 

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