Why do they call it Sugarberry?

This week’s featured native tree is the Sugarberry, Celtis laevigata. The Sugarberry was used as food by several First People’s tribes. The bark was used as a red-brown dye, and decoctions were used as herbal medicine. The tree produces plentiful load of berries to provide excellent forage for birds and wildlife. It is also a host plant to several species of butterflies and moths, including Randa's Eyed Silkmoth, Automeris randa, Hackberry Emperor, Asterocampa celtis, and the Wild Cherry Sphinx Moth, Sphinx drupiferarum. www.beechhollowfarms.com

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