Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Celtis ehrenbergiana
Celtis ehrenbergiana (Klotzsch) Liebm.
Desert Hackberry, Spiny Hackberry, Shiny Hackberry, Granjeno, Huasteco
Ulmaceae (Elm Family)
USDA Symbol: CEEHUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Celtis pallida
Spiny Hackberry
Ulmaceae
Location: N side of East-West Path & 30 m E of intersection of E-W & Wolfeton Paths--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Understory of other Celtis & Ulmus.
Description: Coarse, much branched shrub, 2.5 m tall. Stipules stout, sharp spines in pairs, persistent, to 5 mm long. Leaves short petioled, to 10 x 20 mm, elliptic, remotely denticulate to entire. Fruit (immature) a one-seeded, ovoid drupe, green (black on drying) on peduncles longer than petioles.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 4, 1994
Specimen number: 577
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0864
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: PXFXB Polygamous cymes/Stam. & Perfect (In fruit)