Fireberry Hawthorn

description:

This hawthorn native to North America (USA / Canada) and it is very common.

name botanical:

Crataegus chrysocarpa

other name:

Goldenberry Hawthorn

family:

Rose family (Rosaceae)

species:

deciduous tree

height:

up to 7 m (30 ft)

leaf:

The leaves are ovate, toothed deep and fresh-green.

leaf shape:

ovoid

leaf margin:

toothed

leaf position:

alternate

fall foliage:

yellow

flowering:

May - June

blossom color:

white

blossom description:

The flowers of the hawthorn are fragrant, white and stand up together in bunches. The single flower has five petals.

gender distribution:

monoecious / hermaphrodite

fruit:

The fruit is apple-like, but only 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter. The fruit is first green and then red in autumn.

bark:

The bark is gray-brown and cracked.

root:

deep-rooting

location:

sun

soil:

undemanding soils

ph value:

acidic to alkaline

usage:

Garden tree