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Sugarberry Tree Facts Scientific Name: Celtis laevigata Foliage: Green Mature Height: 60-80' Mature Spread: 60-80' Soil: Wide range Zones: 5-9 Moisture: dry-wet, any

This tree is native to and widely distributed throughout the southeast and south central U. S. It typically occurs in moist to wet soils along streams and floodplains. Mature gray bark develops a warty texture. Insignificant, mostly monoecious, greenish flowers appear in spring (April –May), with male flowers in clusters and female flowers solitary. Female flowers give way to an often abundant fruit crop of round fleshy berry-like drupes maturing to deep purple. Fruits are attractive to a variety of wildlife. Birds consume the fruits and disperse the seeds. Fleshy parts of the fruit are edible and sweet. Ovate to oblong-lanceolate, rough-textured, untoothed, glossy to dull green leaves (2-4” long) have mostly uneven leaf bases. Undistinguished yellow fall color.

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