conniecowan's Identifications

This tree was also found on the Sugar Grove nature preserve. This hackberry tree is easily identified by the “grooves” in the bark. This tree was an average sized hackberry but did not bear many fruit due to it being late season. “All hackberries are edible and highly nutritious. They have been consumed by humans for millennia and are one of the first known foods that humans have eaten and stored.” (twisted-tree.net)