This Bark is Rough: Hackberry

Now that most of the trees have dropped their leaves, the scenery appears brown and boring UNLESS you know what to look for. I’m talking about tree bark. Learning to identify trees by their bark can be a fun winter challenge. For starters, I’d like to share one of my favorites: the hackberry, Celtis occidentalis. Hackberry may not be in the top ten trees you think of, but maybe it should be.

Hackberry

Plant Science & Conservation

This Bark is Rough: Hackberry

Woodlands Conservancy - The rough and bumpy tree bark of the

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Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

In Defense of the Undefensible Hackberry - GardenRant

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Common Hackberry Missouri Department of Conservation

Hackberry

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