Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Tree
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
North America, Canada
Western United States, Canada
Types
Celtis africana, Celtis australis, Celtis bungeana
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Number of Varieties
705
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40000
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Habitat
bottomlands, limestone outcrops
Woodland Garden Canopy
USDA Hardiness Zone
2-94-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-1
7-1
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Habit
Spreading
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
1,220.00 cm610.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
1,220.00 cm610.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green
Deep Red, Pink, Purple
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Purple
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green
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Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
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Leaf Color in Fall
Light Yellow
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Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Toothed
Needle like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Spring, Late Spring, Mid Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought, Heat Tolerance, Salt, Shade areas
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings
Cuttings, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs 2-3 times watering per week
Needs watering once a week
In Summer
Average Water
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove tight V-branching crotches
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Apply 10-10-10 amount, organic fertlizers
Fertilzer with low nitrogen content
Pests and Diseases
Black sooty mold, Fungal Diseases, Powdery mildew, Red blotch, woolly aphid
Mountain pine beetle, White pine blister rust
Plant Tolerance
Shade areas
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
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Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds, Insects
-
Allergy
-
Hay fever, Rhinitis
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
-
Beauty Benefits
Slow downs aging
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Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Food for animals, Food for birds
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Colic, Diarrhea, Dysentry, Menstrual Disorders, Sore throat
Antiseptic, Diuretic, Vermifuge
Part of Plant Used
Fruits, Pulp, Seeds, Wood
Inner Bark, Seeds
Other Uses
Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item
Used as a thickener in soups, Used for making green dye, Used to flavour soups
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Screening / Wind Break, Shade Trees, Street Trees
Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
CELTIS occidentalis
PINUS albicaulis 'Glauca'
Common Name
Common Hackberry, Hackberry
Whitebark Pine, White Pine, Pitch Pine
In Hindi
HACKBERRY
Whitebark Pine
In German
Hackberry
Whitebark Pine
In French
micocoulier
Pin à écorce blanche
In Spanish
almez
Whitebark pino
In Greek
hackberry
Whitebark Pine
In Portuguese
hackberry
Whitebark Pine
In Polish
hackberry
Whitebark Pine
In Latin
Hackberry
Pinus albicaulis
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Coniferophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Urticales
Pinales
Family
Ulmaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Celtis
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
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Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
Pinoideae
Number of Species
705
1
27800
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