ring porous page

RING POROUS HACKBERRY

NOTE: unless otherwise specifically stated, all of the images shown on this
page are of 1/4" square end grain cross sections shown at 12X with the top
of the image towards the bark and the bottom towards the pith so that
earlywood is towards the bottom of the growth rings and latewood is towards the top

to see all species with links to their anatomy page go here: species links

general characteristics of hackberry end grain (very similar to elm)

• pores: clear strong line of earlywood pores, one to several pores thick but usually no more than 2, dropping off to much smaller pores in wavy bands ("Ulmiform bands") throughout the latewood
• parenchyma: heavy vasicentric parenchyma that looks confluent (because of the wavy bands) but isn't
• rays: present and can usually be seen with a 10X loupe but often don't stand out strongly
• growth rings: classic ring porous, obvious to the naked eye

       

• hackberry / Celtis occidentalis
• hackberry / Celtis occidentalis
• hackberry / Celtis occidentalis --- a 1/3" x 5/12" cross section shown here at 7X
• hackberry / Celtis occidentalis

     

• smooth hackberry / Celtis planchioniana
• smooth hackberry / Celtis planchioniana
• Chinese hackberry / Celtis sinensis

     

 

NOTE: netleaf hackberry is technically Celtis laevigata var reticulata but it is often listed by woodworkers as Celtis reticulata even though, if one is going to omit the fact that it is a variety, it should be Celtis laevigata, not Celtis reticulata

• netleaf hackberry / Celtis laevigata var reticulata --- a particularly slow-growth piece with about 35 growth rings per inch vs 5 to 8 per inch for the other hackberrys shown here
• netleaf hackberry / Celtis laevigata var reticulata
• netleaf hackberry / Celtis laevigata var reticulata


• netleaf hackberry / Celtis laevigata var reticulata

     

• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia --- these two are from the same sample
• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia --- these two are from the same sample but this one is a 1/3" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X
• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia

     

• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia
• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia --- these two are from the same sample
• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia --- these two are from the same sample but this one is a 1/3" x 5/12" cross section shown here at 7X

     

• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia
• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia
• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia

 

• dwarf hackberry / Celtis tenuifolia

   

• hackberry / Celtis spp. --- these two are from the same sample
• hackberry / Celtis spp. --- these two are from the same sample but this one is a 1/3" x 1/3"" cross section shown here at 9X

   

• hackberry / Celtis spp.
• hackberry / Celtis spp. --- a 1/3" x 1/3"" cross section shown here at 9X

   

• hackberry / Celtis spp.
• hackberry / Celtis spp.