Crataegus viridisIndiana Native
Green Hawthorn

Family:

Rosaceae (Rose Family) 211

Genus:

Crataegus (Hawthorn) 11

Plant Type:

Tree 569

Growth Forms:

Upright 572

Hardiness:

USDA Zone 4 517

Deciduous / Evergreen:

Deciduous 838

Flower Notes:

White (Flowers open in spring, are 1" dia., and borne on 2" dia. corymbs)

Foliage Notes:

Green (Young leaves are downy in appearance unfolding to a lustrous green by midsummer); Red-Violet (Leaves turn purple to scarlet in fall)

Stem Notes:

gray-brown, glabrous, thorns up to 1 1/2" long

Fruit Notes:

Red (Fruits (0.25-0.33" dia.) ripen to bright red in early fall and persist into early winter)

Ultimate Height:

20-35 feet

Ultimate Spread:

20-35 feet

Bloom Times:

May 192

Light Requirements:

Soil Water Requirements:

Dry to medium 49

Soil Notes:

Very adaptable to different soil types

Range:

eastern United States

Maintenance:

Low 266

Diagnostic Characteristics:

Leaves (1.5-3.5" long and 0.75-2.5" wide) are alternate, simple, oblong-ovate to elliptic, serrate, with the terminal portion having more shallow lobes, lustrous dark green above and glabrous below with pubescent veins. Stems are glabrous, gray-brown, with thorns up to 1.5" long (but often absent). Bark is silvery gray later exfoliating to expose orange-brown inner bark.

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Additional Information

An attractive small tree with beautiful white flower corymbs and bright red persistent fruits. Very adaptable, although leaves are often badly infected by rust so that the entire plant appears to be suffering from the measles.

Plant Photo Gallery

Buds

Winter Habit

Unripe Fruit

Bark

Foliage and Unripe Fruit

Summer Habit

18 Crataegus viridis found

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Number	Accession ID	Location
1	2014_00077*A	HOCK
2	2014_00080*A	HOCK
3	2014_00079*A	HOCK
4	2014_00081*A	HOCK
5	ORIG_3836*A	HLTP
6	ORIG_0538*A	SCPA
7	2014_00078*A	HOCK
8	2014_00075*A	HOCK
9	ORIG_2990*A	HIKS
10	ORIG_4572*A	HARR
11	2014_00076*A	HOCK
12	ORIG_0124*A	MRPK
13	ORIG_6684*A	WSLR
14	2014_00083*A	HOCK
15	2014_00074*A	HOCK
16	2014_00082*A	HOCK
17	ORIG_0125*A	MRPK
18	ORIG_2991*A	HIKS