Crataegus viridis
Hugh Wilson
The Green Hawthorn is a
large shrub
which can grow up to thirty feet tall. There are over thirty
species
of hawthorns in the United States and they are hard to tell
apart. The Green Hawthorn has
green leaves up to three inches long. Sometimes they are
oval-shaped with a pointed tip and sometimes they have three
lobes.
The leaves feel leathery and have small teeth
on the edges. Green Hawthorns grow in
places with moist soil and often form thickets
(areas where many hawthorns grow close together). Copyright, Erv Evans, NC
State University Oklahoma
University The flowers
of this shrub are white with five petals. They are about 1/2
inch wide. Green Hawthorn flowers give off a bad
smell. Green Hawthorn
fruits
are red and grow in clusters
that droop. Each fruit is about 1/4 inch long. Fruits are
green at first, then turn red in August. They do not last
long. The bark
of Green Hawthorn is silvery-gray and scaly. Hawthorns are known for
having many thorns on their branches, but the Green Hawthorn
has only a few thorns, or sometimes none at all. Thorns are
about 1/2 inch long.
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