Index / Search / Crataegus crus-galli
§1 Plant
Crataegus crus-galli L.
vernacular cockspur 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 541 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.2
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 5,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 541 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Blount 01009
- Calhoun 01015
- Choctaw 01023
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Jackson 01071
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Columbia 05027
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Scott 18143
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Madison 37115
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Randolph 37151
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Vance 37181
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dyer 47045
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Roane 47145
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRCR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3013404 ↗Record version
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