Northern Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis

Height: 30-50 ft
Spread: 20-50 ft
Bloom Time: April-May
Sunlight: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist, Medium, Dry

Northern Hackberry is a mid-sized tree with characteristic ridged bark on its trunk. In late summer and fall, it produces round orange berry-like drupes that dangle beneath the branches, turning dark purple as they ripen in late summer and fall. These drupes are an important food source of native birds. The leaves of Northern Hackberry are often dark green, turning yellow in autumn. This foliage is used as a host plant for many butterflies/moths including Question Marks, American Snouts, and Io Moths. When trees are growing on dry sites, they tend to take on a shrubbier habit.