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Drought resistant

Common Hackberry – Celtis Occidentalis: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Wartiest Tree

Common Hackberry - Celtis Occidentalis

Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) isn’t listed in Haliburton Flora, but this rapidly growing Ontario native can be found in the south. The bark, especially characteristic on younger trees, is unique: This plant is in the same family as hops and cannabis. While I’m writing this I noticed a thread in my native plants group asking …

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Categories Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tags American crows, American robins, Antimicrobial, Brown thrashers, Butterflies, Cannabaceae/Hemp family, Cedar waxwings, Chipmunks, Common grackles, Digestive, Drought resistant, Eastern bluebirds, Eastern phoebes, Eastern towhee, Edible parts, European starlings, Evening grosbeaks, Fox sparrow, Full sun, Gray catbirds, Green flowers, Hermit thrushes, Integumentary, Mallards, Medicinal parts, Mockingbirds and mimics, Moist soil, Mourning cloak butterflies, Native to Ontario, Northern cardinals, Northern flickers, Partial shade, Pileated woodpeckers, Rabbits, Raccoons, Reproductive, Respiratory, Rusty blackbirds, Screech owl, Swainson’s thrushes, Tufted titmouse, Veery, Well drained soil, White flowers, White-tailed deer, Wild turkey, Wood ducks, Yellow-bellied flycatchers
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