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Celtis reticulata
netleaf hackberry
Specimens
Photos

Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east through Southern Rockies to Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Habitat: Open slopes and rocky bluffs.

Flowers: April-May

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Wind

Description:
General:

Shrub or small tree 4-10 m. tall, the older bark reddish-gray, the young twigs pubescent.

Leaves:

Leaves alternate, short-petiolate, the blades obliquely ovate, acuminate, 3-10 cm. long, serrate, scabrous on both surfaces, but paler and net-veined beneath.

Flowers:

Flowers clustered on short shoots of the current season, the lower ones staminate, several per axil; perianth 5-lobed; stamens 5, opposite the lobes, exerted; upward on the same shoot the flowers perfect, and also a few pistillate, 1-2 per axil; perfect and pistillate flowers with a 5-lobed perianth; pedicles 3-15 mm. long; perianth about 3 mm. long; styles 2, spreading.

Fruits:

Drupe reddish-brown to purple, ellipsoid-globose, 6-8 mm. long, the pulp thin.

Accepted Name:
Celtis reticulata Torr.
Publication: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. 2: 247. 1828.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Celtis douglasii Planch.
Celtis laevigata Willd. var. reticulata (Torr.) L.D. Benson [KZ99]
Celtis occidentalis L. var. reticulata (Torr.) Sarg.
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Celtis reticulata in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Celtis reticulata checklist entry

OregonFlora: Celtis reticulata information

E-Flora BC: Celtis reticulata atlas page

CalPhotos: Celtis reticulata photos

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