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Hackberry in central Indiana

The tough one — hackberry shrugs off compacted clay, alkaline soil, road salt, drought, wind and short-term flooding, which is precisely why it has been planted so heavily as an ash replacement across central Indiana. The part nobody mentions at planting time is that it was one of the most ice-damaged species in the ISA's ice-storm survey, so the trade for that site tolerance is recurring storm calls.

Large tree · $400–$1,900 typical

What moves the price on this one

  • Height — a 20-footer is a few hundred, an 80-foot oak over a roof is four figures
  • Access — can a truck and chipper get to it, or is everything carried by hand
  • What's underneath — a clear yard versus a roof, a fence, a pool or a power drop
  • Condition — dead and brittle costs more than live, because it can't be climbed
  • Species and wood density — hickory and walnut rig slower than pine

Also searched as common hackberry, northern hackberry, nettle tree, false elm, beaverwood, Celtis occidentalis; often mistaken for elm, and confused with sugarberry (Celtis laevigata), a different species.

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