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Crataegus mollis
Also called Red Hawthorn, Downy Haw, Red Haw, Red Fruited Hawthorn, Summer Haw, Turkey Apple, Arnold Hawthorn
Downy hawthorn is a small, thorny North American tree grown for its white spring flowers and bright red late-summer fruit. It is a hardy, adaptable species that tolerates cold and a range of soils.
Crataegus mollis, known as downy hawthorn or red hawthorn, is a species of plant that occurs in eastern North America from southeastern North Dakota east to Nova Scotia and southwest to eastern Texas. The range of this species is from southern Ontario and Michigan to eastern North Dakota and southward to Denison, Texas, and Arizona. This tree inhabits wooded bottomlands, the prairie border, and the midwest savanna understorey.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus mollis 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.
