Many trees can easily be identified by their bark in the winter. One of these is our Midwest native Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis). "Hackberry" is a corruption of the Scottish "Hagberry," which the English refer to as the Bird Cherry. The fruit of Hackberry is dark purple to almost black, which could lead one to confuse …
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