''Celtis caucasica'', the Caucasian hackberry or Caucasian nettle tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including '' Cannabis'' (hemp), '' Humulus'' (hops) and '' Celtis'' (hackberri ...
.
It is native to the Caucasus region, Central Asia, and on to the western Himalaya.
Hardy to
USDA zone 5b, it tolerates poor soils, drought, and nearby paving, and can be used as street tree.
It is a nitrogen-fixer, in symbiosis with the mycorrhizal fungi ''
Funneliformis mosseae'' and ''
Rhizophagus intraradices''.
References
caucasica
Flora of Turkey
Flora of the Caucasus
Flora of Iraq
Flora of Iran
Flora of Central Asia
Flora of Afghanistan
Flora of Pakistan
Flora of West Himalaya
Plants described in 1806
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