Spiny Hackberry
Celtis pallida
56
Strong
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Light
- 2 or more hours of direct sun
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 3 Florida counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
47CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Celtis
- Asterocampa celtisHackberry Emperor
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Nymphalis antiopaMourning Cloak
- Polygonia interrogationisQuestion Mark
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Acronicta rubricomaRuddy Dagger, Hackberry Dagger
- Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Asterocampa clytonTawny Emperor
- Catocala sordidaSordid Underwing
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- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
- Digrammia continuataCurve-Lined Angle
- Ecdytolopha manaBicolored Ecdytolopha
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Isogona tenuisThin-Lined Owlet
- Isturgia dislocariaPale-Veined Isturgia, Pale-Veined Econista
- Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
- Libytheana carinentaAmerican Snout [subspecies: Eastern Snout Butterfly]
- Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
- Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
- Megalopyge pyxidiferaYellow Flannel Moth
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Norape cretataWhite Flannel Moth
- Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
- Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
- Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
- Pococera euphemellaMesquite Leaf Tier Moth
- Polygonia commaEastern Comma
- Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
- Rifargia subrotataSmall Heterocampa
- Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
- Sciota celtidellaHackberry Leafroller
- Sciota rubrisparsellaRed-Splashed Leafroller
- Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
- Sparganothis pulcherrimanaBeautiful Sparganothis Moth
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Tallula watsoniWatson's Tallula
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Phyllonorycter celtifoliella
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
21BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Celtis
- Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
- Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
- Catharus fuscescensVeery
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
- Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
- Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
- Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
- Leptotila verreauxiWhite-tipped Dove
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- Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied Woodpecker
- Melozone fuscaCanyon Towhee
- Myadestes townsendiTownsend's Solitaire
- Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
- Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
- Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
- Toxostoma curvirostreCurve-billed Thrasher
- Toxostoma longirostreLong-billed Thrasher
- Toxostoma rufumBrown Thrasher
- Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
- Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Cannabaceae
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
In your garden
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications