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Part of 🍎︎ apple genus Malus in 🌹︎ rose family Rosaceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose order Rosales.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA central. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America).
The ❀ apple blossom is the 🏛❀ state flower of Arkansas and Michigan.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Malus hosts caterpillars of 311 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas. This plant is known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.
You often see 🐦︎ bluebirds genus Sialia on this plant, especially in ❄ winter.
I am told that to do this, you want a tree with "persistent fruit."
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple, ⍋ thorns 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaves, branches ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins, thorn-like twigs 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaves, branches ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds not larger
⚘ ❀ flowers 🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit berries nuts cones seeds
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula