Q: I have a hackberry tree that has started to grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is dry, hard caliche. For the past three years, we have suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — I start this story with a startling fact; the hackberry tree - which comes in two varieties - is very common in North Texas. The tree is infamously found along stretches of ...

Also known as the canyon hackberry, the netleaf hackberry (Celtis laevigata, Celtis reticulata) is one of our native riparian trees. It grows large, 30-50 feet, depending on the regularity of watering ...

If you live in the southern parts of the country, you might have long admired the majestic hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis) but discovered it won't really grow in your region, especially if you ...

A student plopped a leaf on my desk, pointed to several green lumps on its underside, and asked, “What are those green growths?” It was a stump-the-professor moment, and in this case, I was indeed ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a mounted specimen of leaves from a common hackberry tree. This is a thin branch with 2-3 offshoots, and there ...

If your hackberry trees are in rough shape this year don't blame your green thumb, because something else is laying waste to them across a large portion of the Metroplex. Experts at the Texas A&M ...

Pendleton’s latest state champion wasn’t crowned at the high school or the Round-Up Arena, but within the grassy confines of Olney Cemetery. At 78 feet and 175 inches in circumference, a common ...