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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Celtis laevigata
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
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Read more about Sugarberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_356
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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
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_celtis_laevigata_2
February
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm090321_067
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090321_239
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110313_966
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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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).
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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.
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Keith Bradley kab_celtis_leavigata_0066
September Miami-Dade County FL
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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).
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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p282
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p204
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p081
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p334
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p297
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p116
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p44
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p232
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p098
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