Littlehip Hawthorn
Crataegus spathulata
Littlehip hawthorn is a fine-twigged Southeastern hawthorn with small spoon-shaped leaves, clouds of tiny white flowers, and little red haws. A dense, thorny wildlife and hedge tree.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 12–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- 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, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, OK, SC, TX