Semi-desert. Streamsides, seeps. Spring.
Hunter Canyon, Utah, May 3, 2005.

In the Four Corners area Hackberry is often a gnarled, stunted tree afflicted with numerous insect leaf-gall infestations.  The tree is most often found in canyon bottoms near seeps, pour-offs, and streams.  Fruit can occasionally reach unblemished and edible maturity but most often is so afflicted by blights that it is not edible.  Tree bark usually has numerous small wart-like bumps.

Linnaeus named this species in 1753 using an ancient name assigned by Pliny to a sweet berry Lotus.  "Reticulata" refers to the network of leaf veins.

Semi-desert. Streamsides, seeps. Spring.
Hunter Canyon, Utah, May 3, 2005.