with …

⍋ thorns = pointed twigs and leaf=🍂︎ non-lobed, and …
tip=long ∧ tapering, undersurface=vein network intricate
American plum  Prunus americana
undersurface=woolly ⫴ hair
🍎︎ common apple  Malus pumila
undersurface=___ smooth
🍐︎ common pear  Pyrus communis

-OR-

⍋ thorns = pointed twigs and leaf=somewhat-♧-lobed, and …
twigs, petioles, leaf undersurface=​woolly
🍎︎ prairie crabapple  Malus ioensis
twigs, leaves=not woolly
🍎︎ wild crabapple  Malus coronaria

-OR-

⍋ thorns = real (___ smooth, tapering, long), and …
(actually, there are lots more, but these are the most common) …
leaf widest at base, stem and leaf=⫴ hairy
downy hawthorn  Crataegus mollis
leaf widest at base, stem and leaf=___ smooth, some leaves have ♧ 3 lobes with deep sinuses, midrib=orange
Washington hawthorn  Crataegus phaenopyrum
leaf widest at base, stem and leaf=___ smooth, not obviously lobed
thicket hawthorn  Crataegus intricata

leaf widest in middle, ___ smooth, leathery, ▲▲ singly-toothed
cockspur hawthorn  Crataegus crus-galli

leaf widest toward tip, ▲▴▲▴ doubly-toothed
dotted hawthorn  Crataegus punctata

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple