Cannabaceae
Sugarberry
Celtis laevigata
- Family
- Cannabaceae
- Genus
- Celtis
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- ميس ناعم, ميس مصقول, ميس تكساني
- arz
- ميس ناعم
- Czech
- Břestovec hladký
- Danish
- Mississippinældetræ
- English
- Sugarberry, Southern hackberry, Hackberry, Sugar hackberry
- German
- Glattblättriger Zürgelbaum, Mississippi-Zürgelbaum
- Slovenian
- Misisipski koprivovec
Synonyms
- Celtis americana Mill.
- Celtis berlandieri Klotzsch
- Celtis laevigata f. microphylla Sarg.
- Celtis laevigata var. anomala Sarg.
- Celtis laevigata var. apposita Ashe
- Celtis laevigata var. brachyphylla Sarg.
- Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
- Celtis laevigata var. smallii (Beadle) Sarg.
- Celtis laevigata var. texana (Scheele) Sarg.
- Celtis mississippiensis Bosc
- Celtis smallii Beadle
- Celtis texana Scheele
- Momisia lamarckii Blume
- Sponia laevigata (Willd.) G.Don
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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More in Celtis
- European hackberryCeltis australisCannabaceae
- Common hackberryCeltis occidentalisCannabaceae
- Oriental hackberryCeltis tournefortiiCannabaceae
- Chinese hackberryCeltis sinensisCannabaceae
- White stinkwoodCeltis africanaCannabaceae
- Bunge's hackberryCeltis bungeanaCannabaceae
- Korean hackberryCeltis koraiensisCannabaceae
- Celtis timorensisCannabaceae
- Celtis biondiiCannabaceae
- Japanese hackberryCeltis jessoensisCannabaceae
- Celtis philippensisCannabaceae
- Caucasian hackberryCeltis caucasicaCannabaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.