Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
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Native status unresolved in Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?
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- 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.
County records are not available.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 35 animals.
Widespread birds also seen here (39)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
51CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS
Genus host records with ranges including MS · 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
- Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
- Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
- Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet 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
- Sphinx drupiferarumWild Cherry Sphinx
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Tallula watsoniWatson's Tallula
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Automeris louisiana
- Epinotia celtisana
- Epinotia vertumnana
- Phyllonorycter celtifoliella
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
13BirdsRecorded eating Celtis in Mississippi
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Mississippi, most records first.
- White-winged Dove14 diet records
- American RobinFruit. 4 diet records
- Brown Thrasher4 diet records
- European Starling3 diet records
- Eastern BluebirdFruit. 2 diet records
- Hermit ThrushFruit and seeds. 2 diet records
- Mourning Dove2 diet records
- Northern BobwhiteFruit. 2 diet records
- Northern CardinalFruit. 2 diet records
- American CrowSeeds. 1 diet record
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- Red-bellied Woodpecker1 diet record
- Swainson's ThrushFruit and seeds. 1 diet record
- VeeryFruit and seeds. 1 diet record
Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
Birds that eat Celtis 13
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
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
| Mississippi rank | SNR |
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| Global rank | Not available |
| MS status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Mississippi occurrence source
- 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