Crataegus coccinea L.
Detail
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Botanical Name
- Crataegus coccinea L.
- Common Name
- Scarlet Hawthorn
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Crataegus coccinea L.
- Comments
- Generally, a large-leaved species of the mountain region. Lectotypified in Taxon 52:337-338 (2003) and considered to represent the entity known as C. pedicellata Sargent, a name that has not often been applied to Virginia specimens. The records in Atlas III are mostly referable to other species.
- Habitat
- Mesic to dry upland deciduous forests, pastures, successional shrublands. Infrequent in the mountains and inner Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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