Part of hawthorn / thornapple  genus Crataegus (whose ❀ flower is the ❀ state flower of Missouri) in 🌹︎ rose  family Rosaceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose  order Rosales.

Native to 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA, east of the 🗻︎ Rocky Mountains.   ▭ 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Crataegus hosts caterpillars of 160 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Planting info (SW Michigan).  Adobe Acrobat Reader file   Bloom dates (NE Illinois).  Adobe Acrobat Reader file  (🔒︎ Wild Ones members only)

Learn more about cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple ⨇ thorns hawthorn branches  genus Crataegus

🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit berries nuts cones seeds