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Tree
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere)

Look for it in swamp forests, alluvial forests, dry and mesic upland slopes (especially over mafic or calcareous rocks), per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist ...Dry

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles from 1/2 to equal length of blade, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 or 20 stamens (anthers red)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bright red
Pome

 

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

• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p332
• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p065
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p287
• Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p096
• Landscaping with Native Trees p101
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p077
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p293
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p120

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus marshallii   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crataegus marshallii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-013:
Crataegus marshallii   FAMILY Rosaceae