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nettle tree - any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits

Celtis, genus Celtis - large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit

Celtis australis, European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry - bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe

American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis - large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries

Celtis laevigata, sugarberry - deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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There are Chinese limes, Caucasian wingnuts, a nettle tree, there are even trees which I have been unable to identify.

Flood plans risk tree heritage; Yousay IN YOUR OPINION..

This species is distributed from central Europe to Caucasia occurring on wood products and hardwood trees including Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.), nettle tree (Celtis australis L.), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna Jacq.), beech (Fagus spp.), Prunus spp., oak (Quercus spp.), lime (Tilia spp.) and elm (Ulmus spp.) (Reitter 1916; Hoffmann 1954; Folwaczny 1983; Heijerman 1993; Wanat 1999; Hellrigl 2006, Whitehead 2006).

First record of the pit-prop beetle Hexarthrum exiguum (coleoptera: curculionidae) in Turkey

Miss Tucker, a skilled silviculturist, divided local trees into categories - magnolias, lindens, walnuts, ash, horse chestnuts, sumacs and locusts, nettle trees, buttonwoods, oaks, chestnut and beech, etc.

Trees of Worcester County

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