Crataegus viridis L.
Detail
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Botanical Name
- Crataegus viridis L.
- Common Name
- Green Hawthorn
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Crataegus viridis L.
- Comments
- An arborescent shrub or small tree of wooded, alluvial bottomlands predominantly of our southeastern counties. A tuft of tawny hairs in the lower vein axils of otherwise glabrous leaves, can be helpful in identification.
- Habitat
- Well-drained floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, stream banks and riverbanks, and alluvial clearings; occasionally in mesic upland habitats near streams. Common in the inner s. Coastal Plain; infrequent in the c. Coastal Plain and s. Piedmont; rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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