Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
Celtis laevigata Willd. var. laevigata
Sugarberry, Palo Blanco
Ulmaceae (Elm Family)
USDA Symbol: CELALUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
Sugar Hackberry
Ulmaceae
Location: N side of East-West Path, 200 m W of Oakwell Farms Pky--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Common in level, alkaline soil.
Description: Tree, 8 m tall, unarmed, w/rounded crown, stems light-gray w/corky warts. Leaves alternate, entire, lanceolate-acuminate, 22 x 50 mm, medium-green & scabrous above, lighter & w/pubescent veins beneath; conspicuously veined. Petiole 4-5 mm. Fruit a globose drupe, 5 mm dia on 9 mm peduncle, solitary in the axils.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Apr 24, 1994
Specimen number: 562
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0846
Accession Date: Jul 26, 1994
Accession Number: 63
Annotations: MXFXB (In fruit)