Let's take a gander at hackberry, Celtis occidentalis! I've been saving this tree to record in winter because the bark is very distinctive. Hackberry is common and widespread across eastern North America. It is very hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soils and shade. Though not commercially valuable for timber, hackberry is an excellent wildlife and conservation tree.
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Forests for the Bay has been funded by the US Forest Service for many years, and has allowed us to educate countless people on trees and their myriad benefits. Tree Talk is an extemporaneous lesson by Ryan Davis, recorded opportunistically by his wife Allyson while out and about in the landscapes they love. He sometimes gets things wrong because he's just speaking from memory, and the pop-ups and fact checks come from two sources: the US Forest Service Southern Research Station's accounts of the species at hand, and the 5th edition of North American Trees by Dr. Richard Preston Jr. and Dr. Richard Braham (Ryan's college dendrology professor) of North Carolina State University.
Recorded on 11/30/24 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by "Corky" Allyson Davis.