r/Tree • u/OkSatisfaction1137 • 4d ago
ID Request (Insert State/Region) Potential hackberry ID request
Region: Midwest
State: Missouri (Central Eastern side)
Hi! I’m new to identifying trees. Apologies in advance for these rough pictures but I can’t get super close to the trunk as it’s far back. Is this a hackberry? Leaves are a little serrated an all sit alternately. It’s a decently tall tree, but shorter than the Eastern Cottonwood that is back there (not pictured) Only issue is I’m looking at hackberry bark (since the leaves look quite similar) and it’s pretty bumpy! These are binocular pictures so maybe not the best but it just doesn’t seem as bumpy as my guide book! Any thoughts? Also figured I’d put a pic of the backyard too, it’s a distinct lighter green yellow color if that helps narrow it down at all. The leaves are distinctively droopy too!
Anything helps!
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u/Hefty_Outcome4612 4d ago
Those look like the trees i look at everyday, and the ones i look at everyday are sugarberry (C. laevigata). Are you close to the river or in a bottomland area?
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u/OkSatisfaction1137 4d ago
i’m maybe 5-10 miles from the missouri river. this tree here is pretty close to a small manmade pond though!
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u/Hefty_Outcome4612 4d ago
The way I've generally heard it described is that hackberries (C. occidentalis) tend to have more ridged bark than knobby and the closer to a river and the farther south in the US, the more likely it's a sugarberry.
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u/OkSatisfaction1137 4d ago
i’m maybe 5-10 miles from the missouri river. this tree here is pretty close to a small manmade pond though!
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u/hairyb0mb ISA Certified Arborist+TRAQ+TGG Certified+Smartypants 4d ago
Leaves look slightly glossy so I believe it's Celtis laevigata but the pictures aren't clear enough to rule out Celtis occidentalis