With many trees and shrubs now bereft of leaves and flowers, more subtle aspects of the landscape come into focus. A tree that many people hardly notice captures my full attention, specifically, its ...

One of the most widely distributed trees in the eastern part of the country is the hackberry tree (Celtis occidentals). In Frederick County, you are most likely to find a hackberry growing in a wide ...

I was standing at Pavilion 1 in Lancaster County Central Park one day early in June when a hackberry butterfly landed on my left arm. Immediately its long, straw-like mouth came out and I could feel ...

Meet the Hackberry. Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to this native tree with single toothed leaves, an uphill/downhill shaped base of the leaves and a gray, ashy bark with ...

Most folks are familiar with the names of trees like oak, maple, elm, ash, birch, and cottonwood. But one abundant tree around here that may not be as well-known is the hackberry. I am not sure when I ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — I start this story with a startling fact; the hackberry tree - which comes in two varieties - is very common in North Texas. The tree is infamously found along stretches of ...

Q: I have a hackberry tree that has started to grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is dry, hard caliche. For the past three years, we have suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

DEAR NEIL: We have a cluster of hackberry trees that shade our house and patio (see photos). They were here when the house was built eight years ago. A small one has gone from green to dead in just a ...

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