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Tree
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (sometimes locally abundant)

Look for it in swamp forests, generally where flooded for much of the year, often flowering and fruiting while standing in water, often associated with Taxodium distichum, Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa biflora, and Planera aquatica, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with short moderately stout nodal thorns (< 4cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, 3-10mm, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow, pink or reddish)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 1-5 flowers

FRUIT:
Spring
Shiny red
Pome

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p065
• Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p413
• Landscaping with Native Trees p101
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p077
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p292
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p120

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crataegus aestivalis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus aestivalis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crataegus aestivalis

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-010:
Crataegus aestivalis   FAMILY Rosaceae