Black Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
A thorny, thicket-forming hawthorn with flat white flower clusters and dark, edible haws. Impenetrable cover and abundant food for nesting and foraging birds along moist edges.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–25 ft
- Spacing
- 10–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~168 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen
- Native states
- AK, CA, ID, MI, MN, MT, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY
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- Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)
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