Crataegus douglasii |
Crataegus incilis |
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black hawthorn, Douglas' hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs, 40–80 dm. | Shrubs or trees, 40–70 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 reddish green, 1-year old dark red brown, 2-years old dark gray; thorns on twigs ± straight, 2-years old dark brown to blackish, fine, 1.5–3 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 length 40–55% blade, sparsely to densely sessile-glandular; blade trullate to narrowly ovate, 3.5–5.5(–7.5) cm, base cuneate (tapering into distal winged part of petiole), lobes 3 or 4 per side, sinuses deep, max LII 25–50%, lobe apex usually ± narrowly cuspidate, margins dentate, teeth ± distant, subacute, veins 5–7 per side, apex subacute, vein pubescence not recorded. |
Inflorescences | 10–25-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteole margins stipitate- or sessile-glandular. |
3–7-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles caducous, numerous, linear, membranous, 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. |
14–18 mm diam.; sepals narrowly triangular, 7 mm, margins subentire or glandular-denticulate; anthers pink; styles 3–5. |
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. |
red or yellow, orbicular, 5–8(–10) mm diam.; sepals wide-spreading; pyrenes 3–5. |
2n | = 68. |
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Crataegus douglasii |
Crataegus incilis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Brush, old fields, fencerows, woodland edges | Open woods, woodland margins |
Elevation | 50–1600 m (200–5200 ft) | 20–200 m (100–700 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; ID; MI; MN; MT; OR; WA; WI; AB; BC; ON; SK
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AL; FL; GA; MS |
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.) |
The deeply cut trullate leaves of Crataegus incilis, with the acute tips of their triangular lobes in a more or less straight line in the more extreme forms, are very distinctive. The type, and most specimens seen, do not have quite straight-sided lobes as seen in the illustration in J. B. Phipps and K. A. Dvorsky (2006b), and their lobes may therefore be described as more or less narrowly cuspidate. Forms with somewhat more rounded lobes and yellow pomes that might key out here perhaps represent C. concinna Beadle. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 512. | FNA vol. 9, p. 585. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Douglasia > ser. Douglasianae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Pulcherrimae |
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Synonyms | C. columbiana, C. tennowana | C. pulcherrima var. incilis |
Name authority | Lindley: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: plate 1810. (1835) | Beadle: Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1: 41. (1901) |
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