''Crataegus saligna'' is a species of
hawthorn
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to:
Plants
* '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae
* ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...
known by the common name willow hawthorn that is seldom cultivated and rather rare in the wild. Its native range is wet areas of western
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
and northeastern
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
. It is a shrub or small tree with thin, elongated leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and reddish bark.
It is related to ''
C. erythropoda'' and ''
C. rivularis''.
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Images
Image:Crataegus_saligna_2.jpg,
Image:Crataegus saligna range map 3.png, Natural range
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
External links
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saligna
Flora of Colorado
Flora of Utah
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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