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Tree of the Week - March 7, 2005

Mature Hackberry Shades College CampusHackberry

Celtis occidentalis--Hackberry 

Hardiness Zones: 2 to 9 
Height: 50 ft
Spread: 50 ft
Form: rounded 
Type: deciduous tree 
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches 

Comments: Hackberry is not the most desirable tree for ornament, but it is often used in street planting as it tolerates adverse growing conditions. It grows in sun or partial shade. The mature bark is rough and corky and the fruit is small and turns from orange red to purple, just as leaves start to change in mid-autumn.

Yellow hackberry fall color with small berries changing color.

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