Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Celtis occidentalis L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Celtis canina Raf., Celtis crassifolia Lam.

Common names:

American hackberry (1895) (2)

American nettle tree [American nettle-tree] (1857-1900?) (6, 20, 158)

American yellow-fruit nettle tree [American yellow-fruited nettle-tree] (1785) (8)

Bastard elm (1900?) (5, 158)

Beaverwood [Beaver wood, Beaver-wood] (1892-1923) (5, 6, 75, 156, 158)

Bois connu (1796, Illinois French) (17)

Bois inconnu (1796, New Orleans French & Illinois French) (17, 20)

Common hackberry (1942-Present) (50, 155)

False elm (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Gonge (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Gube (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Hackberry [Hack-berry] (1806-1986) (3, 4, 5, 9, 14, 20, 27, 28, 34, 35, 37, 44, 46, 82, 85, 92, 93, 95, 97, 107, 112, 113, 121, 130, 131, 135, 138, 156, 158)

Hackberry tree (1796-1892) (6, 17)

Hag-berry (1840) (19)

Hedge beech, possibly (1649) (46)

Hedge-berry (1923) (156)

Hoop ash (1811-1923, misapplied) (5, 19, 20, 27, 75, 156, 158)

Juniper tree [Juniper-tree] (1900?-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Kaapsit (1919, Pawnee) (37)

Micocoulier d'Occident (1785, French) (8)

Minny-berry (1923) (156)

Nettle tree [Nettle-tree] (1770-1923) (5, 27, 34, 41, 92, 107, 156)

Northern hackberry (1930) (106)

Oneberry [One berry, One-berry] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Rim ash (1900?-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Rough-leaf hackberry [Rough-leaved hackberry] (1913-1937) (5, 85, 93, 97)

Sucré Baie (1892, French) (6)

Sugar-berry [Sugarberry, Sugar berry] (1879-1930) (5, 6, 14, 46, 106, 107, 156, 158)

Sugar-berry tree [Sugar berry tree] (1876) (92)

Thick-leaf nettle tree [Thick-leaved nettle tree] (1857) (20)

Wake-warutsh (1919, Winnebago, raccoon food) (37)

Yamnumnugapi (1919, Dakota, to crunch) (37)

Zuckerbeere (1892, German) (6)