Biology:Celtis caucasica
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Celtis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Cannabaceae |
| Genus: | Celtis |
| Species: | C. caucasica
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| Celtis caucasica | |
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Celtis caucasica, the Caucasian hackberry or Caucasian nettle tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cannabaceae.[2][3] It is native to the Caucasus region, Central Asia, and on to the western Himalaya.[1] Hardy to USDA zone 5b, it tolerates poor soils, drought, and nearby paving, and can be used as street tree.[4][5] It is a nitrogen-fixer, in symbiosis with the mycorrhizal fungi Funneliformis mosseae and Rhizophagus intraradices.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Celtis caucasica Willd.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:851016-1.
- ↑ "Celtis caucasica Caucasian nettle tree". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/50155/i-celtis-caucasica-i/details.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sepahvand, Tooba; Etemad, Vahid; Matinizade, Mohammad; Shirvany, Anoshirvan (2021). "Symbiosis of AMF with growth modulation and antioxidant capacity of Caucasian Hackberry (Celtis caucasica L.) seedlings under drought stress". Central Asian Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Innovation 2 (1). doi:10.22034/CAJESTI.2021.01.03.
- ↑ "Celtis caucasica". Van den Berk Nurseries. https://www.vdberk.co.uk/trees/celtis-caucasica.
- ↑ "Celtis caucasica Caucasian Nettle Tree". Forest Preserve District of Cook County. 2021. https://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantcollections/plantfinder/celtis_caucasica--caucasian_nettle_tree.
Wikidata ☰ Q4215118 entry
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