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Common Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
General Description
Shrubs or stunted trees to 5 m with furrowed and bumpy bark. Leaf blades lanceolate, 5–8 cm long with once-serrate margins. Flowers unisexual, radially symmetrical. Male flowers with 4 to 5 stamens in pendulous clusters. Female flowers with 4-lobed calyx. Fruit a stalked, blue-black drupe, 7–11 mm across (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
Big Horn and Custer counties in MT, south through WY and CO; SK and QC in Canada south to OK, TX and GA (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Heidel, B. L. 1996. Noteworthy collections - Montana. Madrono 43(3):436-440.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Little, E.L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541. U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 375 pp.
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