ROSACEAE - - Rose Family

Malus angustifolia (Aiton) Michaux — Southern Crabapple

Southern Crabapple (Malus angustifolia) - Tree sometimes 9 m. high, the trunk 3 dm. in diameter, the branches rigid, the branchlets becoming light-brown and glabrous; leaf-blades elliptic to lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, 2.5—5 cm. long, thick, dark-green above, crenate-serrate, rather obtuse or acutish at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base; cymes 3—5 flowered; pedicels 2—3 cm. long, slender; flowers fragrant, corolla pink, mostly about 2.5 cm. broad; pome about 2.5—3.5 cm. in diameter, yellow-green.

Habitat:

Forests, woodlands, fence-rows, dry hammocks, occasionally in bottomlands.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Malus angustifolia (Southern Crabapple)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Malus angustifolia (Southern Crabapple)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.