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§1 Plant
Crataegus aestivalis (Walter) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular may hawthorn — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Crataegus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 44 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.3–7.3
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 26 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 26 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 20,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 44 counties across 7 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRAE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3013483 ↗Record version
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