Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Crataegus Spathulata

Size:

20' tall by as wide

Leaves:

alternate, simple, spoon-shaped or sometimes 3-lobed, toothed; with a bluish tinge

Flowers:

small and white, in dense clusters of 20-30 flowers

Fruit:

small, bright red, oblong, apple-like, called a pome, eaten by birds

Fall Interest:

red; deciduous

Culture:

partial sun; any reasonable well-drained soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

small flowering tree or hedge, woodland garden

Cultivars:

Notes:

also known as pasture hawthorn; bark light brown to gray, smooth, scaling off in thin plates on older stems to expose reddish brown inner bark; attractive to birds and pollinators; native to and one of the most common in Arkansas