#hackberry tree

Please enjoy this photo taken through our very dirty window of what we believe is a Hackberry Emperor Butterfly Asterocampa celtis.

We have a couple large sugar hackberry trees in our backyard and a few smaller ones in the front yard. This species of butterfly is one of an entire genus of butterfly whose only host plant is the hackberry tree.

Lynne Johnsoon named the tree Barry a long time ago. Yes, he has a name…2010 Hackberry tree gone On June 30th the Hackberry Grandfather Tree will no longer reside in the middle of the road on McArthur Island. Unknown to many residents, Carleton Place has a species of tree rarely found in this part of the country. One of the largest hackberry forests in eastern Ontario occurs right in the town…

Hackberry Tree in Winter

Here is “our” hackberry tree in the front yard as seen from the backyard on a cold January day.

Update on the Hackberry Tree– Name the Tree

  Jim McCready  R.P.F  emailed me the other day and shared this information about our beloved Grandfather Hackberry tree on McArthur Island. If you remember we are watching this situation closely so no harm comes to it.

Ken Farr the national  Dendrologist with the Canadian Forest Service was asked what he thought of the significance of our Hackberries in Carleton Place. As Jim said, this is why…

The Tale of Hackaberry Found in Carleton Place

Huckleberry Hound was called the man of a thousand faces, even though he was only able to make only one face. In Carleton Place there is a group of lone trees that are extremely rare in Ontario. I have called them a multitude of names from Tackberry to what a lot of people call them “Hackaberry”. So to remember the Hackberry trees, I think of Huckleberry Hound.

I was always told that Hackberry…