PLANER TREE (Illustrations, nearly natural size)
The [BARK] is light brown or gray, about ¼ inch thick, and separates into large [scales].
The LEAVES resemble those of the small-leaved elms. They are 2 to 2½ inches long, ¾ to 1 inch wide on a short [petiole], dark dull green above and paler on the lower surface, and have yellowish [veins].
The FLOWERS appear with the leaves in March or early April. The small flowers are sometimes perfect; occasionally the male and female flowers are borne separately on the same tree. The [FRUIT] is a peculiar, rounded, shaggy-appearing structure, about ⅜ inch long. It consists of a nut-like center covered with soft and irregular wing-like outgrowths which extend out on all sides from the center.
The WOOD is light brown, coarse-grained and soft, very light in weight, and has a broad zone of nearly white [sapwood]. The wood has little economic value.
HACKBERRY
Celtis occidentalis L.
Hackberry is found over eastern Texas on various types of soil. It is usually a medium-sized to large tree, becoming 60 to 100 feet or more high and 10 to 20 inches in diameter. Its limbs are often crooked and angular and bear a head made of slender, pendant branches or short, bristly, stubby twigs. In the open, the [crown] is generally [symmetrical]. It makes an excellent shade tree.
The [BARK] is brownish-gray, one inch or more thick, and generally very rough with many scale-like or warty projections of dead bark.
HACKBERRY (Leaf and [fruit], two-thirds natural size; twig, one-half natural size)