Crataegus viridisIndiana Native
Green Hawthorn

Crataegus viridis - Buds
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 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:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Very adaptable to different soil types
 Range:
eastern United States
 Maintenance:
 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.
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Barrier 19
  • Groupings 189
  • Screen 171
  • Specimen 598
  • Drought Tolerant 275
  • Indiana Native 152
  • Slow Growth Rate 266
  • Winter Interest 90

    • 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.

    18 Crataegus viridis found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12014_00077*AHOCK
    22014_00080*AHOCK
    32014_00079*AHOCK
    42014_00081*AHOCK
    5ORIG_3836*AHLTP
    6ORIG_0538*ASCPA
    72014_00078*AHOCK
    82014_00075*AHOCK
    9ORIG_2990*AHIKS
    10ORIG_4572*AHARR
    112014_00076*AHOCK
    12ORIG_0124*AMRPK
    13ORIG_6684*AWSLR
    142014_00083*AHOCK
    152014_00074*AHOCK
    162014_00082*AHOCK
    17ORIG_0125*AMRPK
    18ORIG_2991*AHIKS

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