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Crataegus Erythropoda
''Crataegus erythropoda'' is a hawthorn native to the southern Rocky Mountains in the United States. The leaves are conspicuously shiny above and fruit ("haws") are dark purplish red. It is seldom cultivated, but at one time was listed in the nursery trade under the common name "Chocolate Haw". It is closely related to '' C. rivularis'' which has fruit that are fully black when ripe. Images Image:Crataegus-erythropoda-1.jpg, Leaf bud opening in the spring, and thorn Image:Crataegus-erythropoda-3.jpg, Fruit not yet ripe, a lighter colour than on some other individuals See also * List of hawthorn species with black fruit Most species of '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn) have red fruit, some have yellow fruit, and a number of species can have black or purple fruit. Eurasian species * '' C. ambigua'' * ''C. caucasica'' * '' C. chlorosarca'', Asian * ''C. clarkei'', Asian * ... References erythropoda Flora of North America {{Crataegus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Willard Ashe
William Willard Ashe (June 4, 1872 – March 18, 1932) was an American forester and botanist. He was known as a prolific collector of plant specimens and an early proponent of conservationism in the Southern United States. Early life Ashe was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Samuel A'Court Ashe (1840 – 1938) and Hannah Emerson Willard. He was the oldest of nine children and grew up on the family's antebellum estate "Elmwood," where he spent much of his childhood exploring the nearby woods and fields looking for natural curiosities. He quickly took to collecting plant specimens, and by the time he entered college, Ashe required a two-story building to house his entire collection. As a young man, Ashe also spent time writing; and along with his brother Samuel, he produced a tract titled "The West End Sun" that included woodcuts made by W.W. Ashe himself. A copy of "The West End Sun" was placed in the cornerstone of the State Agricultural College Building in Raleigh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aven Nelson
Aven Nelson (March 24, 1859 – March 31, 1952) was an American botanist who specialized in plants of the Rocky Mountains. He was one of the founding professors of the University of Wyoming, where he taught for 55 years as professor and served as president (1918-1922). He served as president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and Botanical Society of America. Biography Nelson was born at Sugar Creek, in Lee County, Iowa to parents Christen Nelson and Anne (Evenson) Nelson, who had immigrated from Norway. Aven was the youngest of four children in a Quaker family. He attended Kirksville State Normal School in Kirksville, Missouri from which he was graduated in 1883 with his Bachelor of Arts degree, while in 1887 he received the M. S. D. degree. He further continued his education in Drury College at Springfield, Missouri, which conferred upon him a Master of Science degree in 1890. He next entered Harvard University was awarded the Master of Arts degree in 1892. In 1893, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataegus
''Crataegus'' (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, Voss, E. G. 1985. ''Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part II: Dicots (Saururaceae–Cornaceae)''. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor, Michigan. May-tree,Graves, Robert. ''The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth'', 1948, amended and enlarged 1966, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. whitethorn, Mayflower, or hawberry, is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America. The name "hawthorn" was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the common hawthorn ''C. monogyna'', and the unmodified name is often so used in Britain and Ireland. The name is now also applied to the entire genus and to the related Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States. Depending on differing definitions between Canada and the U.S., its northern terminus is located either in northern British Columbia's Terminal Range south of the Liard River and east of the Trench, or in the northeastern foothills of the Brooks Range/ British Mountains that face the Beaufort Sea coasts between the Canning River and the Firth River across the Alaska-Yukon border. Its southernmost point is near the Albuquerque area adjacent to the Rio Grande rift and north of the Sandia–Manzano Mountain Range. Being the easternmost portion of the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the tectonically younger Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada, which both lie farther to its west. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataegus Rivularis
''Crataegus rivularis'' is a species of hawthorn known by the common name river hawthorn. It is native to the intermontane region of the northwestern United States, situated between the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains. ''C. rivularis'' is one of the black-fruited hawthorn species. It is closely related to '' C. erythropoda'', and less closely related to '' C. saligna''. Images Image:Crataegus_rivularis_young_fruit.jpg, Young fruit Image:Crataegus_rivularis_young_bark.jpg, Young bark. See also * List of hawthorn species with black fruit Most species of '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn) have red fruit, some have yellow fruit, and a number of species can have black or purple fruit. Eurasian species * '' C. ambigua'' * ''C. caucasica'' * '' C. chlorosarca'', Asian * ''C. clarkei'', Asian * ... References rivularis Flora of North America {{crataegus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hawthorn Species With Black Fruit
Most species of '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn) have red fruit, some have yellow fruit, and a number of species can have black or purple fruit. Eurasian species * '' C. ambigua'' * ''C. caucasica'' * '' C. chlorosarca'', Asian * ''C. clarkei'', Asian * ''C. dzairensis'' * '' C. ×dsungarica'' * ''C. heterophylloides'' * ''C. jozana'' * ''C. karadaghensis'' * ''C. longipes'' * '' C. maximowiczii'' has fruit that are red to purple-black * '' C. nigra'', European * ''C. pallasii'' * '' C. pentagyna'', European * ''C.'' ×''pseudazarolus'' has fruit that vary from orange to blackish * ''C. sakranensis'' * ''C.'' ×''rubrinervis'' * '' C. songarica'', Asian * ''C.'' ''×zangezura'' North American species * ''C. ambigens'', series ''Silvicolae'', eastern, fruit "greenish-yellow becoming dark purplish-red"Palmer, E.J. (1925). Synopsis of North American ''Crataegi''. ''Journal of the Arnold Arboretum''. 6(1-2): 5–128/ref> * ''C. angulata'', series ''Pruinosae'', eastern, fruit "light yello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
