Crataegus saligna

Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn that is seldom cultivated and rather rare in the wild. Its native range is wet areas of western Colorado and northeastern Utah. It is a handsome shrub or small tree with delicate-looking leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and beautiful reddish bark.

Crataegus saligna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Section:	Crataegus sect. Douglasia
Series:	Crataegus ser. Cerrones
Species:	C. saligna
Binomial name
Crataegus saligna Greene
Natural range of Crataegus saligna
Synonyms[1]
C. douglasii var. duchesnensis S.L.Welsh C. wheeleri A.Nelson

It is related to C. erythropoda and C. rivularis.[1]

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  Natural range

See also

• List of hawthorn species with black fruit

References

1. Phipps, J.B. (1999). "The relationships of the American black-fruited hawthorns Crataegus erythropoda, C. rivularis, C. saligna and C. brachyacantha to C. ser. Douglasianae (Rosaceae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 18 (3): 647–660. JSTOR 41968885.

External links

• Phipps, J.B.; O'Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.
• Beatty, B.L.; Jennings, W.F.; Rawlinson, R.C. (11 August 2004). "Crataegus saligna Greene (willow hawthorn): A technical conservation assessment" (PDF). USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Species Conservation Project.