Netleaf hackberry (Celtis laevigata)

Family: Ulmaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Green. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded, Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweetish, covering a single large seed. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; The flesh is thin, dry and sweetish, covering a single large seed.; The fruit, which is orange to brown or red when fully ripe, is 5 - 8mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

In rich bottomlands along streams, in flood plains, and on rocky slopes, generally in clay soils, from sea level to 300 metres. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)