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Crataegus douglasii
Also called River Hawthorn, Columbia Hawthorn, Douglas Hawthorn, Douglas' Hawthorn, Black Fruited Hawthorn
Black hawthorn is a thorny, bushy North American tree or large shrub, native mainly to the Pacific Northwest, found along streams, forest edges and coastal bluffs. It is grown for its white spring flowers and dark fruit and suits full sun with well-drained soil.
Crataegus douglasii is a North American species of hawthorn known by the common names black hawthorn and Douglas' thornapple. It is most abundant in the Pacific Northwest.
The thorny shrub is native to northern and western North America, most abundantly in the Pacific Northwest. It grows in varied habitats from forest to scrubland, including moist open places, forest edges, thickets, shorelines, streamside areas, roadsides and coastal bluffs at low to middle elevations.
The edible fruits were a good food source for Native American peoples such as the Cheyenne and Nlaka'pamux. The Syilx/Okanagan use the ripening of the black hawthorn as an indicator that, in the highlands, black mountain huckleberries are ripening, too.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus douglasii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
