OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Virides    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus viridis   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus viridis var. viridis   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus penita

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus vulsa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Crataegus viridis var. viridis

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

Crataegus viridis +

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

Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata

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

Crataegus viridis var. ovata

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

Crataegus viridis var. velutina

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

Crataegus viridis var. viridis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-005:

Crataegus viridis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus viridis

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

Crataegus interior

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

Crataegus penita

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

Crataegus viridis

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

Crataegus vulsa

 

COMMON NAME:
Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw


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image of Crataegus viridis, Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_470

        

image of Crataegus viridis, Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_472

        

Cratægus vulsa

image of Crataegus viridis, Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_480

        

Cratægus penita

image of Crataegus viridis, Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_crataegus_viridis

February        

Colorful layers of mottled bark are one of the most significant features, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus viridis, Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw

Ron Lance    rwlcviridis_1

May        

In cultivation

One of our largest hawthorns, frequently reaching treelike proportions, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Crataegus viridis, Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw

Ron Lance    rwlcviridis_2

September-October        

In cultivation

Leaf shape variable, base wedge-shaped, petiole slender and partly winged, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus viridis   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus viridis var. viridis   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus penita

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus vulsa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus viridis var. viridis

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus viridis +

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. ovata

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. velutina

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. viridis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-005:
Crataegus viridis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus viridis

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus vulsa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

406

Tree
Perennial

Look for it in swamps, bottomland forests, alluvial woodlands, sreamsides, wet flatwoods, and uplands where soils are often basic to calcareous, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles slender, usually 1/3-1/2 length of blade, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow, pink or red)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange to red, rarely yellowish
Pome

 

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