Chinese Hackberry

Look

Leaves

Leaves have three distinct main veins and teeth along the margin except near the base.

Flowers

Inconspicuous small greenish flowers appear in the leaf axils and at the base of the twigs.

Fruit

One-seeded round drupes ripen from green through orange to reddish brown.

Bark

Mature bark is smooth, gray to gray-brown.

Where it grows

In Korea

Native

Native to

Native to East Asia, including China, Japan and Korea.

Ecology

Grows in lowlands and hills of Japan and on roadsides and slopes in China; the fruit feeds birds.

Stories

• The Drama That Became Real: Changwon's "Woo Young-woo Hackberry" in Bukbu-ri

Famous Chinese Hackberry trees in Korea

• Hackberry Tree of Haje Village, GunsanNatural Monument No. 580 · about 537 years · Okseo-myeon, Gunsan-si, Jeollabuk-do
• Chinese Hackberry (Hwangmokgeun) of Geumnam-ri, YecheonNatural Monument No. 400 · about 500 years · Yonggung-myeon, Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Hackberry of Bungbu-ri, ChangwonNatural Monument No. 573 · about 500 years · Daesan-myeon, Uichang-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
• Fused Chinese Hackberry Trees of Yangji-ri, GeumsanProvincial Monument · about 150 years · Geumsan-eup, Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
• Forest of Chinese Hackberry and Hornbeam of Cheongcheon-ri, MuanNatural Monument No. 82 · Cheonggye-myeon, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do
• Hackberry Forest of Jeonil-ri, BoseongNatural Monument No. 480 · Hoecheon-myeon, Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do
• Old Hackberry Trees of Naganeupseong Fortress, SuncheonProvincial Monument · Nagan-myeon, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
• Old Chinese Hackberry Grove of Dochang-ri, SinanProvincial Monument · Jangsan-myeon, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do
• Chinese Hackberry Village Forest of Gupo-dong, BusanNatural Monument No. 309 · Gupo-dong, Buk-gu, Busan
• Hackberry Tree of Sudong-ri, GochangNatural Monument No. 494 · Buan-myeon, Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do
• Chinese Hackberry Trees of Manghaesa Temple, GimjeProvincial Monument · Jinbong-myeon, Gimje-si, Jeollabuk-do
• Chinese Hackberry Windbreak Forest of Mulgeon-ri, NamhaeNatural Monument No. 150 · Samdong-myeon, Namhae-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
• Chinese Hackberry Community of Myeongwol, JejuProvincial Monument · Hallim-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

Sources

• NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
• 국립수목원 국가표준식물목록(자생식물)
• Flora of Korea, v.2b — 국립생물자원관
• 대전광역시 한밭수목원, 제4차 수목원진흥실시계획(2019–2023)
• 대구광역시 (2019), 제2차 대구광역시 도시림 등 조성·관리계획
• 한국농촌경제연구원 — 조경수 관측월보 2025년 12월(한국조경수협회 게시 원문)
• 국가유산포털(국가유산청) — 창원 북부리 팽나무
• 문화재청 보도자료(2022.9.29) — 창원 북부리 팽나무 천연기념물 지정
• 국가유산청 보도자료(2022.7.25) — 창원 북부리 팽나무 지정조사
• 국가유산청 국가유산 정보 OpenAPI — 창원 북부리 팽나무 해설