Download Red Haw or Crataegus Mollis (Torr. & Gray)

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Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus L.
Species: Crataegus mollis Scheele
Figure 1
The Red Haw grows
to be about 40 feet
tall and 12 inches in
diameter.
 Its crown is rounded
and open.
 It is identified by its
“stout stems and
soft
pubescence”[2].
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Figure 2
The bark of the
Red Haw varies
from grey to
brown.
It is scaly and
rough with large
crevices.
The twigs are “gray, covered with
dense white hairs when young,
becoming glabrous with age; stout
spines, 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in) long” [2].
The leaves are alternate, simple,
and ovate. They are 3 to 4 inches
long and heavily covered in tiny
white hairs.
Figure 3
Figure 4
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The flowers on the Red Haw are about 1 inch in
diameter, white, and has 5 petals. They bloom from
April to May.
The fruit ripens in September. It is bright red and
around 1 inch in diameter. This fruit droops from the
twig and contains 4 to 5 nutlets.
Figure 5
Figure 6
The bud of the Red Haw is round and
red. [3]
 They bloom into a white flowers from
April to May. [2]
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Figure 7
The Red Haw is widely distributed from
“Alabama, west to Texas and
Oklahoma, north to South Dakota and
Minnesota, east to Ontario. Scattered to
common in Oklahoma” [2].
 Its habitat is mostly in bottomland forests.
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fruits of this tree are edible by
both humans and animals(mostly
birds). Often they are used in
making preserves.
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Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,
Crataegus mollis (torr. & a. gray) scheele. (n.d.).
Retrieved from
http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Crataegus
+mollis
Figure 4
Crataegus mollis.jpg - downy hawthorne (72k) 700 x
1188. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.swsbm.com/NGSImages/Crataegus_moll
is.jpg
Figure 7
Trees of wisconsin. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/c
ramol01.htm
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[1] Classification for kingdom plantae down to
species crataegus mollis scheele . (n.d.).
Retrieved June 24, 2010,
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServle
t?source=profile&symbol=CRMO2&display=31
[2] Crataegus mollis scheele. (n.d.). Retrieved
June 24, 2010,
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/cratmol.htm
[3] Tree identification 2. (2009, February 5).
Retrieved June 24, 2010,
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/treeidentification-2.html