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|accepted_name=Celtis occidentalis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1044. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Hackberry;micocoulier occidental;bois inconnu
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis occidentalis var. canina
|authority=(Rafinesque) Sargent
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|name=Celtis occidentalis var. crassifolia
|authority=(Lamarck) A. Gray
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|name=Celtis occidentalis var. pumila
|authority=(Pursh) A. Gray
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|name=Celtis pumila
|authority=unknown
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|name=Celtis pumila var. deamii
|authority=Sargent
}}
|hierarchy=Ulmaceae;Celtis;Celtis occidentalis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ulmaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Celtis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Celtis occidentalis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, size varying greatly in response to habitat; crowns rounded. <b>Bark</b> gray, deeply furrowed, warty with age. <b>Wood</b> light yellow, weak. <b>Branches</b> without thorns, spreading, young branches mostly pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5-1.2 mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade lance-ovate to broadly ovate or deltate, 5-12 × 3-6(-9) cm (on fertile branches), leathery, base oblique or obliquely somewhat acuminate, margins conspicuously serrate to well below middle, teeth 10-40, apex acuminate; surfaces scabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> dense pendulous clusters. <b>Drupes</b> dark orange to purple- or blue-black when ripe, orbicular, to 7-11(-20) mm diam., commonly with thick beak; pedicel to 15 mm. <b>Stones</b> cream colored, 7-9 × 5-8 mm, reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30, and 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=In rich moist soil along streams, on flood plains, on rock, on wooded hillsides, and in woodlands
|elevation=0-1800 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Celtis occidentalis</i> is valued as an ornamental street tree because of its tolerance to drought.</p><!--
--><p>Native Americans used decoctions prepared from the bark of <i>Celtis occidentalis</i> medicinally as an aid in menses and to treat sore throat (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p><!--
--><p>This is a highly variable species. Segregates named as varieties follow an east-west geographic gradient and are based primarily on leaf size, shape, and pubescence.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Celtis occidentalis
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Celtis occidentalis var. canina;Celtis occidentalis var. crassifolia;Celtis occidentalis var. pumila;Celtis pumila;Celtis pumila var. deamii
|basionyms=
|family=Ulmaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=In rich moist soil along streams, on flood plains, on rock, on wooded hillsides, and in woodlands
|elevation=0-1800 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_59.xml
|genus=Celtis
|species=Celtis occidentalis
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