Returned
6
results. Page
1
of
0.
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Common Hackberry, Hackberry)
Common hackberry is a deciduous shade tree native to the eastern United States nad extreme southern Canada. The foliage is reminiscent of the American elm but often suffers from small warty galls. It has purple, pea-sized fruit in the fall and readily self seeds and can become invasive. Fall foliage color is a clear yellow. Mature trees have distinctive, coarse ridged bark. It is susceptible to witches-broom.
Common hackberry is a tough plant, tolerant of windy and/or cold winter locations. Plant...
Mark A. Miller
(Hackberry)
Valued for its handsome foliage, compact habit, and tough constitution, this small deciduous tree is found over much of the central and western United States and northern Mexico. It typically forms a short multi-trunked tree with sinuous branches and an asymmetrical rounded crown. The oval, dark-green to gray-green, prominently veined leaves have toothed edges and pale yellow-green undersides. They turn yellow in fall. Inconspicuous flowers in late winter or early spring give rise to pea-sized fruits...
Jesse Saylor
(Dwarf Hackberry)
In effect a dwarf version of common hackberry, this native of eastern and central North America typically forms a dense multi-stemmed shrub with rough oval dark green leaves. The elm-like foliage is sometimes marred by warty galls. Fall color is dull yellow. Inconspicuous flowers in spring give rise to pea-size fruits that ripen orange, brown, or red in late summer. Birds and other wildlife harvest the fruits for their thin, edible flesh, which surrounds a hard central nutlet. The gray, often warty...
