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Characteristics
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Ulmaceae--The Elm Family
- Origin
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Native NC
- Plant Description
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Deciduous tree to 60 feet, leaves alternate, elliptical to elongate, with a tapering, pointed apex and teeth along the margins; flowers tiny, nondescript in March to April as the leaves unfold; fruits tiny cherry-like drupes orange-red to blue-black; bark with warty outgrowths.
- Ornamental Characteristics
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Attractive warty gray bark, attractive, fine to medium textured foliage.
- Landscape Use
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Excellent street tree, tolerates city conditions, good shade tree. Very tough, tolerant of moderate salt spray, tolerates poor, wet soils and periodic salt water flooding on roots.
- Horticultural Cultivars
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Commercial cultivars include 'All Seasons' and 'Magnifica', there is a need for selection of good cultivars for coastal areas.
- Availability/Propagation
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Not often seen in nurseries, dig from wild (with permission), collect fruits from a desirable coastal parent tree, stratify (place in moist peat moss in the refrigerator) for 60 to 90 days, then plant outdoors.
- Culture
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Full sun, moist soils.
- Coastal Ecology
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Sugarberry is found growing in both wet and dry coastal habitats. It can be found growing at the edge of salt water marshes and fresh water wetlands. Excellent source of food for wildlife.
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