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This tree is fifty to sixty feet tall. Diameter of trunk 3 feet above ground is 36 inches. Small red berries about the size of a pea are located singly along a small leaf stem. It is evergreen.
Residential neighborhood in Southeast Missouri.
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I made the suggestion from the look of the corky/warty bark. Hackberry berries have a large seed and were dried and used for sweetening food. The leaf has a distinctive base, one side curves out larger than the other.
Spotted on Sep 28, 2013
Submitted on Sep 28, 2013
