Image ID: 7618
Image by: Parkins, Grant Morrow
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: CRSP
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crataegus spathulata
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Last Modified: 2020-01-01
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: CRATA GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Crataegus GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Hawthorn GENUS SUMMARY: [contributed by Ron Lance] GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: All references to leaves and petioles pertain to foliage on short shoots (floreal shoots), unless otherwise specified. GENUS REFERENCES: Lance (2014)=X; Phipps in FNA (2014); Phipps (1988)=Z; Beadle in Small (1913)=Q; Phipps, O'Kennon, & Lance (2003)= V ; Phipps (1998)=Y; Phipps, Lance, & Dvorsky (2006)=U; Phipps, O’Kennon, & Dvorsky (2006)= N; Lance (1995); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ROSACE FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Rosaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Rose Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate. FAMILY REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).
FRUITING PERIOD: Sep-Oct. DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Littlehip hawthorn is an attractive large native shrub to small tree with toothed, spoon-shaped leaves and spreading branches. Its leaves turn red to orange in the fall, and mature specimens also have beautiful honey-colored peeling bark, making it a striking ornamental species. Clusters of white flowers in the spring produce small, bright red edible fruits that are eaten by birds, and the thorny branches of littlehip hawthorn provide shelter for wildlife.
This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crataegus spathulata
COMMON NAME: Littlehip Hawthorn
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K, Q, RAB, S, W, X, Y]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-May; Sep-Oct.
HABITAT: Bottomland forests, extending upslope to drier or rocky sites especially on mafic or calcareous substrates.
COMMENTS: C. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to e. TX, north in the interior to c. TN, sw. MO, e. OK; sporadic in e. TN, sw. NC. This species is distinctive for its small spatulate leaves (tending to be trilobed) and thin, flaking bark (multicolored green, brown, and brownish gray).
RANGE MAP:
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Rosaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Rose Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate. REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Crataegus L. (Hawthorn) SUMMARY: [contributed by Ron Lance] REFERENCE: Lance (2014)=X; Phipps in FNA (2014); Phipps (1988)=Z; Beadle in Small (1913)=Q; Phipps, O'Kennon, & Lance (2003)= V ; Phipps (1998)=Y; Phipps, Lance, & Dvorsky (2006)=U; Phipps, O’Kennon, & Dvorsky (2006)= N; Lance (1995); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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