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Crataegus coccinea L.

Common Name: HAWTHORN
Coefficient of Conservatism: 4
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt Tree

C. pedicellata of Michigan Flora.

Oak, aspen, and beech-maple forests, especially along borders and stream banks; moist ground including floodplains and riverside thickets; and the usual field and fencerow habitats of other hawthorns.

The widespread var. coccinea has ovate leaves with fruit bright red, var. pringlei (Sarg.) J. A. Macklin & J. B. Phipps (C. pringlei of Michigan Flora) has leaves broadly elliptic to elliptic ovate and fruits dull dark red and is recorded thus far only from Ingham Co. Use of the name C. coccinea follows Phipps, Cafferty, & Macklin (2003).

Counties
Allegan
Arenac
Benzie
Berrien
Cheboygan
Eaton
Emmet
Hillsdale
Huron
Ingham
Iosco
Isabella
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lake
Lenawee
Livingston
Manistee
Mason
Mecosta
Midland
Montcalm
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oakland
Oceana
Ontonagon
Ottawa
St. Clair
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. January, 23, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/2439