Celtis laevigata

• BOTANICAL NAME: Celtis laevigata
• COMMON NAME: Sugar Hackberry
• FAMILY: Ulmaceae
• NATIVITY: Virginia to Florida, west to Illinois
• GROWTH HABIT:  40-60’ (100’)
• HARDINESS:  Zone 5 to 9
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Low wet soils, floodplains, full sun and wet-dry soils
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Seral
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  Facultative Upland
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  Attractive to Wildlife
• FOLIAGE:   Alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate; entire margin, dark green and glabrous; turning to yellow in the fall.
• BUDS:  Tightly appressed to stem, tightly pointed and pubescent
• BARK:  Resembles C. occidentalis but without the wart-like protrusions
• FRUIT:  Red fruit that attracts birds and opossums
• PESTS:  None serious