Size: Small tree (to 30' tall) or thicket-forming
Leaves: Simple, alternate, deciduous.
Egg-shaped; 1"-4" long.
Margins doubly serrate or lobed and serrate. Commonly have large
Fruit: Small black pome (apple) about
1/4" in diameter.
Twigs: Short (under
1" long), stiff thorns. No terminal bud.
Bark: Thin; shallow fissures to scaly.
Distribution: Black hawthorn
ranges from southeast Alaska to central Nevada. It grows commonly in
western Oregon and can be found in
moist locations in
For more information about this species
to Know in Oregon".