Northern Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Dimensions:

• Height: 30’ - 50’

• Mature spread: 40’ - 60’

• Trunk Diameter: 1’ - 3’

Habitat and Range:

• Widespread tree common throughout Kentucky

Features:

• one of our most versatile shade trees

• grooved and warty, hackberry bark is very distinctive

• among the best food and shelter trees for wildlife

• attracts large variety of butterflies, including the Snout Butterfly, the Question Mark, the Mourning Cloak, the Tawny Emperor, and the Hackberry Butterfly

History:

• Indigenous communities used its wood, fruit and leaves in their daily lives

• traditionally used for many medicinal and food purposes

• its wood was used for tools and construction