CANNABACEAE - - Hops Family

Celtis laevigata Willdenow — Southern Hackberry, Sugarberry

Sugarberry or Southern Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) - Sugarberry is a large tree, to 30 m. in height; the bark is light gray and from slightly to prominently covered with corky warts. Leaves are oblong-lanceolate, sometimes ovate, 5-10 cm. long, tips are long-acuminate, usually falcate, broad-cuneate or rounded at base, margins are entire or slightly toothed, mostly above the middle, petioles 6-10 mm. Fruit is a round drupe, 5-7 mm. across orange-red or finally purple-black, on slender stalks 1-2 cm. long. This tree is usually found in bottomland forests but sometimes upland in calcareous soils.

Habitat:

Bottomland forests, especially on natural levees, upland calcareous forests and woodlands, shell middens.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Celtis laevigata (Sugarberry)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Celtis laevigata (Sugarberry)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.