Common Name - Hackberry

Scientific Name - Celtis occidentalis

Description: alternate in two rows along twigs, simple, ovate in shape, from 2 to 4 inches wide, with long-pointed tips, sharp teeth above, but are entire towards the oblique base; shiny green above, usually smooth; paler below, often with hairy veins; turns yellow in fall.
The Hackberry Tree Leaf

Description:
simple, alternate in two rows along twigs, simple, ovate in shape, from 2 to 4 inches wide, with long-pointed tips, sharp teeth above, but are entire towards the oblique base;  shiny green above, usually smooth;  paler below, often with hairy veins;  turns yellow in fall.

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