I agree, I would never have the heart to cut down a Magnolia, but.

The common hackberry tree is a tall tree averaging feet tall. They can however, be found growing as tall as feet. They grow very quickly, which is especially true when they are planted in moist conditions.

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Hackberry trees will live an average of to years when growing in. They have a fast growth rate and can withstand a wide range of inadequate growing conditions. They drop seeds in October through winter, which germinate easily, sending up involuntary hackberry. Hackberry trees are large deciduous trees that are often confused with other elms, sugar hackberry, and English elm.

These trees have a fast growth rate, and live a hardy and long life. They are flood-resistant, drought-tolerant, rugged, and able to withstand acid, sand, high salt, clay, and alkali levels in Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Aug 30, The wood is light yellow, heavy, soft, coarse grained and not strong. The leaves are about 2 to 4 inches long, and at full growth are bright green, rough above, and paler green beneath.

In autumn the leaves turn a bright yellow. It flowers in May, then produces small berries that turn orangy red to a really dark purple. In Zhoukoudian, China hackberry seeds have been found in the cave deposits of the Peking Man dig site along with other foodstuffs, which sets the earliest known date for their consumption by humans at aroundyears ago. The berries were also one of the most common plant remains found at the Meadowcroft Rock Shelter site in Pennsylvania.

Oct 13, These Trees drop MILLIONS of them good for nothing balls. Many people twist there ankles and the wind brings them everywhere.

Literlly tons of these balls are dropped every year from November entiat tree removal April where they clog up the drain sewers and clog up the waterways.