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I was standing at Pavilion 1 in Lancaster County Central Park one day early in June when a hackberry butterfly landed on my left arm. Immediately its long, straw-like mouth came out and I could feel ...

One of the most widely distributed trees in the eastern part of the country is the hackberry tree (Celtis occidentals). In Frederick County, you are most likely to find a hackberry growing in a wide ...

There was a time when I absolutely despised the two very large hackberry trees that graced my East Davis front yard. Or as much as a hackberry tree can grace any home in East Davis. You see, the ...

The true villain of this year’s ice storm wasn’t Nashville Electric Service leadership — it was that dying hackberry tree in your yard. When Nashville froze over in January, it resulted in more than 2 ...