Crataegus douglasii |
Crataegus beata |
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black hawthorn, Douglas' hawthorn |
dunbar's hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs, 40–80 dm. | Shrubs, 60 dm. |
Stems | 1-year old twigs deep tan to dark mahogany, ± shiny young, older gray to dark gray, often showing brown or alternatively tan-brown eastward; thorns on twigs straight or slightly recurved, deep brown young, (1.5–)2–3.5 cm. |
twigs: new growth dark orange-green tinged with red, glabrous, 1-year old bright reddish brown, older mid gray; thorns on twigs straight to slightly recurved, 2-years old dark, shiny reddish brown, stout, 3.5–4.5 cm. |
Leaves | petiole 0.7–1.5 cm, pubescent young, slightly glandular; blade usually elliptic to broadly elliptic or subrhombic (elliptic-obovate when lobes very small), 4–7 cm, lobes 2–4 per side, sinuses shallow, LII 10–20%, lobe apex subobtuse to acute, margins coarsely, sharply serrate, teeth small, gland-tipped young, venation craspedodromous, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface usually glabrous except on veins, adaxial densely short-appressed-pubescent. |
petiole 2.5–4 cm, hairy young, glabrescent, ± densely glandular; blade broadly ovate to deltate-ovate, 5–8 cm, subcoriaceous, base broadly rounded to subtruncate, sometimes broadly cuneate, lobes 4 or 5 per side, ± triangular, sinuses not recorded, lobe apex acute to acuminate, margins strongly serrate, veins 5 per side, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous except adaxial ± appressed-hairy young. |
Inflorescences | 10–25-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteole margins stipitate- or sessile-glandular. |
5–12-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles few, margins glandular. |
Flowers | 10–15 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals broadly triangular, 3–4 mm, margins sparsely glandular, adaxially glabrous; stamens 10, anthers pink; styles 3 or 4. |
16–18 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals narrowly triangular, margins subentire or slightly glandular, abaxially glabrous; stamens 20, anthers deep maroon; styles 3 or 4. |
Pomes | vinous and usually waxy glaucous young, dull black mature, usually ellipsoid, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous; sepal remnants reflexed, apex obtuse; pyrenes 3 or 4, sides excavated, sometimes only shallowly. |
crimson, oblong to oblong-obovoid, 9–10 mm diam.; sepals spreading; pyrenes 4 or 5, dorsally grooved. |
2n | = 68. |
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Crataegus douglasii |
Crataegus beata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Brush, old fields, fencerows, woodland edges | Brush |
Elevation | 50–1600 m (200–5200 ft) | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; ID; MI; MN; MT; OR; WA; WI; AB; BC; ON; SK
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MI; NY; OH; WI; ON |
Discussion | Crataegus douglasii occurs from southern and western British Columbia to the panhandle of Alaska and ranges to northern California and the Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, and southwestern Alberta. Disjunct populations occur farther east in the Cypress Hills (Alberta and Saskatchewan), the Montana montane islands, and around the northern Great Lakes. In western North America, C. douglasii is found mainly near water in drier areas; in more mesic regions, it may occur in open woodlands. In the Great Lakes area, it mainly occurs in old pastures and on fencerows. Crataegus douglasii is distinguished from C. gaylussacia by having ten stamens and is rather variable in leaf shape and size. The species is distinguished from C. okennonii by the latter usually being taller and typically more erect as well as having a usually straight, single trunk, shorter thorns, ampulliform-orbicular fruit, and often purplish crimson fall foliage. Crataegus castlegarensis is the most similar species, and beyond possessing relatively few to many multiple thorns, it is distinguished from C. douglasii by its hairy hypanthia, pedicels, and, often, fruit, which is orbicular, plump, crimson to purple in late August, ripening to deep purple (sometimes black) at a time when sympatric C. douglasii is fully black. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Crataegus beata is a rare, variable taxon that here comprises all the 20-stamen forms of ser. Populneae and may be more widespread than indicated. Syntype material has resemblances to C. schuettei and C. stolonifera. The very small amount of material available to the author is characterized by tan or very dark (brownish to blackish) one-year old wood and one-year thorns, sharply dissected, narrower, C. levis-like leaves, or more shallowly incised (except in extension shoots) C. populnea-like coriaceous foliage and glandular-serrate sepals. In these, the anthers are pink to red and the pomes large, oblong-orbicular, and red. The young leaves are densely short, scabrous hairy adaxially when young. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 512. | FNA vol. 9, p. 570. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Douglasia > ser. Douglasianae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Populneae |
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Synonyms | C. columbiana, C. tennowana | |
Name authority | Lindley: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: plate 1810. (1835) | Sargent: Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 4: 97. (1903) |
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