Size: Small tree (to 30' tall) or thicket-forming
shrub.
Leaves: Simple, alternate, deciduous.
Egg-shaped; 1"-4" long.
Margins doubly serrate or lobed and serrate. Commonly have large
stipules.
Fruit: Small black pome (apple) about
1/4" in diameter.
Twigs: Short (under
1" long), stiff thorns. No terminal bud.
Reddish-brown.
Bark: Thin; shallow fissures to scaly.
Distribution: Black hawthorn
ranges from southeast Alaska to central Nevada. It grows commonly in
western Oregon and can be found in
moist locations in
eastern Oregon.
For more information about this species
see "Trees
to Know in Oregon".
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