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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit with new leaves in spring (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit with older leaves in summer (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
young leaves and immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of leaf with toothed margins (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
older leaves and mature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of leaf undersides and mature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of old fruit and seeds (Photo: Steve Hurst at USDA PLANTS Database)
Scientific Name
Celtis occidentalis L.
Family
Ulmaceae
Common Names
American hackberry, common hackberry, hackberry, nettletree, northern hackberry, sugarberry, western hackberry
Origin
Native to North America (i.e. Canada and the eastern and central parts of the USA).
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in some coastal and sub-coastal regions of eastern Australia. It has a patchy distribution from sub-coastal south-eastern Queensland (i.e. near Toowoomba), southwards through eastern New South Wales (i.e. in the central western slopes, central coast and southern tablelands regions) and the ACT, to near Albury in southern New South Wales.
Notes
This species is an occasional garden escape that has chiefly become naturalised along the banks of rivers in New South Wales. It is currently regarded as a "sleeper weed" or minor environmental weed in south-eastern Australia.
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