Common Name - Hackberry

Scientific Name - Celtis occidentalis

Description: Flowers greenish; 1/8 inch wide; appearing at base of new leaves in early spring. Fruit ovoid drupes, about pea size, berrylike; orange-red to dark purple-black; 1/4 to 3/8 inch in diameter; on a slender stalk, maturing in fall. Hackberry Tree Fruit
The Hackberry Tree Fruit and Flower

Description:
Flowers greenish; 1/8 inch wide;  appearing at base of new leaves in early spring.  Fruit ovoid drupes, about pea size, berrylike;  orange-red to dark purple-black;  1/4 to 3/8 inch in diameter;  on a slender stalk, maturing in fall.

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