This Bark is Rough: Hackberry

Now that most of the trees have dropped their leaves, the scenery appears brown and boring UNLESS you know what to look for. I’m talking about tree bark. Learning to identify trees by their bark can be a fun winter challenge. For starters, I’d like to share one of my favorites: the hackberry, Celtis occidentalis. Hackberry may not be in the top ten trees you think of, but maybe it should be.

The Humble Hackberry - Teatown

Plant Science & Conservation

Hackberry, Johnson's Nursery

Celtis occidentalis - Trees and Shrubs Online

Plant Science & Conservation

Savor the subtle beauty of trees' barks

Outside: Want to learn how to identify trees, check out their bark

Common Hackberry : Tree Montgomery

Common HACKBERRY - ct #25 1 1/2'' - TC Nursery

The Subtle Beauty of Tree Bark News from the Minnesota Landscape

This Bark is Rough: Hackberry

Hackberry? : r/treeidentification

tree – My Chicago Botanic Garden

kids – Page 3 – My Chicago Botanic Garden

What to Know About Hackberries — Nashville Tree Conservation Corps