ROSACEAE - - Rose Family

Crataegus iracunda Beadle — Forest Hawthorn

Forest Hawthorn (Crataegus iracunda) - A tall shrub or small tree, to 10m, with an open, irregular crown. Sporadic but widespread over much of the SE. Leaves mostly rounded or truncate at the base, as wide as long or wider, lobed, pubescent to nearly glabrous. Fruit 8—14mm long, greenish to red-blushed; flesh hard, dry; calyx small, not elevated; 10 stamens. Twigs hairy when young, glabrous or nearly so when mature.

Habitat:

Swamps, bottomlands, moist slopes, wooded hills, sometimes locally abundant.

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

The range of Crataegus iracunda (Forest Hawthorn)

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 Crataegus iracunda (Forest Hawthorn)

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/.