Celtis occidentalis L.
Detail
- Family
- Cannabaceae
- Botanical Name
- Celtis occidentalis L.
- Common Name
- Common Hackberry, Northern Hackberry
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Celtis occidentalis L.
- Comments
- See Comments under Celtis laevigata, the var. smallii of which can be difficult to distinguish from this species. Celtis occidentalis is the most common and widely distributed hackberry in Virginia. It is a northern and midwestern species that becomes considerably less common south of Virginia in the Carolinas and Gulf Coastal states.
- Habitat
- Floodplain forests, mesic to dry upland forests, woodlands, and barrens; also weedy in fencerows and old fields. Most abundant on nutrient-rich alluvial soils and calcareous upland soils, although hardly confined to those substrates. Common throughout except at higher elevations and possibly the se. Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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