Hackberry

Growth habit

Tree

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Quebec to NC & AL

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Houston and Grossman Ponds, Peterson Oak Grove, Coy Glen, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve

Source of plant

W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, Schichtel's Nursery, Bailey Nurseries, Cornell Botanic Gardens

Description

Tree 40' to 60' tall, with a nearly equal spread; can attain 100' in height. Weakly pyramidal habit inyouth, in old age the crown is a braod top of ascending-arching branches often with drooping branchlets not unlike the American elm in outline; however by no means aesthetically pleasing. Fall color yellow or yellow green.

USDA Hardiness Zone

2

Status

L3|S4|G5