Celtis laevigata聽is a medium-sized聽聽native to聽. Common names include聽sugarberry,聽southern hackberry, or in the southern U.S.聽sugar hackberry聽or just聽hackberry.
Sugarberry is easily confused with common hackberry () where the range overlaps. Sugarberry has narrower leaves with mostly smooth margins, the berries are juicier and sweeter, while the bark is less corky.聽The species can also be distinguished by habitat: where the ranges overlap, common hackberry occurs primarily in upland areas, whereas sugarberry occurs mainly in bottomland areas.
Sugarberry's range extends from the聽聽west to聽聽and south to northeastern聽.聽It is also found on the island of聽.