Common Hackberry

A native tree with strong landscape value and excellent long-term performance.

• Upright, arching branches with a rounded, spreading crown
• Bark develops corky ridges, tan when young, turning gray at maturity
• Simple ovate leaves, with serrated margins, are light green in the summer
• Foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall
• A hardy shade tree tolerating a wide range of soil conditions
• Greenish flowers produce round fleshy berry-like deep purple drupes
• Commonly used for naturalizing, specimen
• Grows best in partial shade to shade