Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Crataegus Crusgalli

Size:

25'-35' tall by as wide

Leaves:

alternate, simple, narrowly elliptic, unlobed, toothed, leathery; deep green and shiny

Flowers:

white, in clusters of 8-20, with an unpleasant odor

Fruit:

3/8"-1/2" deep red, apple-like, called a pome; persisting into fall

Fall Interest:

orange to scarlet to purple-red; deciduous

Culture:

sun; medium moisture, well-drained soil

Disease/Insect:

hawthorn rust, cedar apple rust, and others; good resistance to fungal leaf spot

Use:

small flowering tree or hedge, woodland garden

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark gray, smooth, breaking into narrow scales with irregular fissures with age; branches horizontal, with lower ones sweeping the ground; numerous long thorns on branches; attractive to birds and pollinators; native to and one of the most common in Arkansas