Crataegus viridis L. var. viridis

Locations ofCrataegus viridis L. var. viridis in Virginia

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Family
Rosaceae
Botanical Name
Crataegus viridis L. var. viridis
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, primarily in our southeastern counties. A tuft of tawny hairs in the lower vein axils of otherwise glabrous leaves, can be helpful in identification. Of the five or six often recognized varieties, var. viridis is the only one (of two) in the eastern states that occurs north of South Carolina.
Habitat
Well-drained bottomland forests, alluvial swamps, stream banks and riverbanks, and alluvial clearings; occasionally in mesic upland habitats near streams. Frequent 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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