familyUlmaceae
genusCeltis
speciesCeltis tenuifolia

Celtis tenuifolia

Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 202. 1818.

Susan L. Sherman-Broyles, William T. Barker, Leila M. Schulz
Common names: Dwarf hackberry micocoulier de Soper
Endemic
Synonyms: Celtis georgiana Small Celtis occidentalis var. georgiana (Small) Ahles Celtis pumila var. georgiana (Small) Sargent Celtis tenuifolia var. georgiana (Small) Fernald & B. G. Schubert Celtis tenuifolia var. soperi B. Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Shrubs or small trees, to 8 m; trunks to 30 cm; crowns narrow. Bark light gray, furrowed, warty. Branches without thorns, upright to spreading, irregular. Leaves: petiole 6-10 mm. Leaf-blade ovate to occasionally ovate-elliptic, (2-) 5-8 × (1-) 3-4 cm, base unequal, 1 side rounded, margins mostly entire, serrate and sparingly toothed toward apex, apex blunt, acute, or short-acuminate; surfaces abaxially gray-green, harshly pubescent, adaxially dark gray-green, scabrous. Inflorescences: flowers solitary or few-flowered clusters. Drupes orange to brown or cherry red, glaucous, orbicular, 5-8 mm diam., beakless; pedicel 3-13 mm. Stones cream colored, 5-7 × 5-6 mm, reticulate.


Phenology: Flowers spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: On slopes and along streams in open woods
Elevation: 0-500 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Anther dehiscence
longitudinal +
Anther shape
ovate +
Apex shape
short-acuminate +, acute +  and blunt +
Aril presence
absent +
Author
Susan L. Sherman-Broyles +, William T. Barker +  and Leila M. Schulz +
Authority
Nuttall +
Bark architecture
furrowed +
Bark architecture or pubescence
scaly +
Bark architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Bark coloration
light gray +
Bark fragility
flaky +
Bark pubescence or relief
warty +
Bark relief
fissured +
Base orientation or shape
oblique +
Base quantity
1 +
Base shape
cuneate;rounded +
Base size
unequal +
Branch architecture or course
irregular +
Branch orientation
upright +  and spreading +
Calyx lobe arrangement
opposite +
Calyx lobe orientation
erect +
Calyx shape
4(-5)-lobed +
Cell architecture
thick-walled +
Common name
Dwarf hackberry +  and micocoulier de Soper +
Crown orientation
spreading +
Crown size or width
narrow +
Distribution
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
Drupe architecture
beakless +
Drupe coloration
orange;brown or cherry red +
Drupe diameter
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Drupe pubescence
glaucous +
Drupe shape
orbicular +
Drupe texture
fleshy +
Elevation
0-500 m +
Embryo course
curved +  and straight +
Endosperm quantity
absent;scanty +
Face dehiscence or orientation
extrorse +
Filament course
sigmoid +  and curved +
Filament function
nonfunctional +
Filament fusion
distinct +  and free +
Filament orientation
incurved +
Filament position
exserted +
Filament presence
absent +
Flower architecture
pistillate +, staminate +  and pedicellate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement
cluster +, few-flowered +  and solitary +
Flower orientation
arising +
Flower quantity
few +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +  and unisexual +
Fruit shape
globose +  and ovoid +
Gynoecium prominence
rudimentary +
Gynoecium size
minute +
Habitat
On slopes and along streams in open woods +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence arrangement
cluster +, few-flowered +, solitary +  and pistillate +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inflorescences cyme architecture
staminate +
Inflorescences cyme arrangement
fascicles +
Inner mesocarp texture
fleshy +
Inner mesocarp width
thin +
Layer quantity
1 +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
pinnate +  and palmate-pinnate +
Leaf-blade atypical length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade atypical width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade length
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade shape
ovate;occasionally ovate-elliptic +
Leaf-blade width
3cm;4cm +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +  and alternate +
Lobe architecture or shape
2-cleft +  and entire +
Lobe arrangement
divergent +
Lobe orientation
reflexed +
Lobe quantity
2 (?) +
Lobe shape
elongate +
Margin architecture or shape
serrate +  and entire +
Margin shape
toothed +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer mesocarp texture
firm +
Outer mesocarp width
thick +
Ovary architecture
sessile +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary shape
ovoid +
Ovule orientation
amphitropous +, anatropous +  and pendulous +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pedicel some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Petal presence
absent +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowers spring (Apr–May). +
Pistil architecture
2(-3)-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Publication title
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
Publication year
1818 +
Raceme arrangement
fascicles +
Receptacle pubescence
pilose +
Reference
None +
Samara architecture or shape
nutlike +
Sap pubescence or texture
watery +
Seed quantity
1 +
Sepal arrangement
valvate +  and imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
5 (9) +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Side shape
rounded +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen position
included +
Stamen quantity
4;5 +
Stigmatic area shape
decurrent +
Stipule life cycle
falling +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stone architecture
walled +
Stone architecture or coloration or relief
reticulate +
Stone coloration
cream colored +
Stone duration
persisting +
Stone length
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Stone life cycle
ripening +
Stone width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Style architecture
sessile +
Style atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Style fusion
distinct +
Style height or length or size
short +
Style quantity
2 +
Style shape
divided +
Surface coloration
dark gray-green +  and gray-green +
Surface pubescence
pubescent +
Surface pubescence or relief
scabrous +
Synonyms
Celtis georgiana +, Celtis occidentalis var. georgiana +, Celtis pumila var. georgiana +, Celtis tenuifolia var. georgiana +  and Celtis tenuifolia var. soperi +
Taxon family
Ulmaceae +
Taxon name
Celtis tenuifolia +
Taxon parent
Celtis +
Taxon rank
species +
Thorn pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Thorn size
slender +
Trunk some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism duration
deciduous +
Whole organism growth form
tree +  and shrub +
Whole organism size
small +
Whole organism some measurement
0m (?) +  and 8m (?) +
X chromosome quantity
10 +