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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Crus-galli    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus engelmannii   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Crataegus berberifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus engelmannii

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus sinistra

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus torva

 

COMMON NAME:
Engelmann's Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii, Engelmann's Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_445b

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii   FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus engelmannii   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus berberifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus engelmannii

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus sinistra

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus torva

 

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2814

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mixed hardwood and pine forests of uplands, usually in subxeric to xeric habitats, especially over basic to calcareous soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
usually 10 stamens (anthers yellow or pink)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green/red blushed to dull red
Pome

 

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