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English hawthorn, one-seed hawthorn

fireberry hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Crataegus chrysocarpa

Flowering time April-June May-June
Habitat Roadsides, fields, pastures, meadows, thickets, and forest edge and understory at low elevations, often associated with disturbance. Seeds readily dispersed by birds. Thickets, dry slopes, shrub-steppe, riparian zones, forest openings.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to Montana, also in the Great Lakes region and eastern North America.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east across the northern U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Introduced from Europe Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. castlegarensis, C. chrysocarpa, C. ×cogswellii, C. douglasii, C. gaylussacia, C. laevigata, C. macracantha, C. okanaganensis, C. okennonii, C. phaenopyrum, C. phippsii, C. tenuior
C. castlegarensis, C. ×cogswellii, C. douglasii, C. gaylussacia, C. laevigata, C. macracantha, C. monogyna, C. okanaganensis, C. okennonii, C. phaenopyrum, C. phippsii, C. tenuior
Subordinate taxa
C. monogyna var. monogyna
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