name botanical:Celtis occidentalis
other name:Northern Hackberry
family:Cannabis family (Cannabaceae)
height:up to 25 m (82 ft)
The leaves of Common hackberry are glossy green, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate and the base is rounded and asymmetric. They are 6 - 10 cm (2.5 – 3.9 in) long and 2,5 – 5 cm (1 – 2 in) broad. The leaf margin is serrated.
fall foliage:bright yellow
The flower is greenish and comes shortly after the leaf shoots.
The stone fruit is stalked, ovate, green-black, and serves as bird food.
The twigs are red-brown with lenticels.
bark:The bark is gray-brown, furrowed and warty in old age.
root:Shallow-rooting plant to deep-rooting plant with lateral roots
location:Sun to half-shade
soil:sandy to loamy, tolerates dryness
ph value:6,0 to 8,0
single tree, planting in groups in parks and gardens