Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata
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Not native
Not native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
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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.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
48CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV
Genus host records with ranges including WV · 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
- Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm Moth
- Asterocampa clytonTawny Emperor
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- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
- Catocala sordidaSordid Underwing
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Digrammia continuataCurve-Lined Angle
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
- Eupsilia vinulentaStraight-Toothed Sallow
- 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]
- Lophocampa caryaeHickory Tussock Moth, Hickory Tiger Moth
- Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Norape cretataWhite Flannel Moth
- Olethreutes mysterianaMysterious Olethreutes
- 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
- Sphinx drupiferarumWild Cherry Sphinx
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Epinotia celtisana
- Epinotia vertumnana
- Phyllonorycter celtifoliella
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
12BirdsRecorded eating Celtis in West Virginia
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes West Virginia, most records first.
- 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
- Red-bellied Woodpecker1 diet record
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- 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 12
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.
- 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
| West Virginia rank | SNA |
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| Global rank | Not available |
| WV status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- NatureServe Explorer
- West Virginia 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