Yellow Hawthorn
Crataegus flava
Yellow hawthorn is a small Southeastern hawthorn of dry sandy woods, white-flowered in spring with yellow to orange-red haws. A drought-hardy wildlife tree for lean upland soils. Well-flavored for a hawthorn, the fruit is prized in North America for jellies.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 15–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~168 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
Related native plants
More Crataegus species
- Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
- Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
- Littlehip Hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata)
- Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
- Green Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis)
- Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)