Hackberry (Celtis Occidentalis)

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Gather fruits in late Summer or Fall Eat raw by chewing the fruit off the seed. Be careful, seed is hard. You can mash the fruit/seeds into a paste and eat as is or mix with other fruit or grains. You can boil seeds to make “hackberry milk” with a number of applications. Excellent landscape tree that is resilient, strong, drought tolerant, has good color and offers many ecological services. Proper plant profile coming soon... Show more