Hawthorns
NativeCrataegus
Rose (Rosaceae) · Small tree · 15–30 ft
Knowing it
Dozens of hard-to-tell-apart native species: thorny small trees with white spring flowers and red haws. The state flower comes from this group. Pastures and edges statewide.
What a tree company sees
Thorns up to three inches; small and tough.
Recorded in 96 counties
- Adair County
- Atchison County
- Audrain County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Caldwell County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Cedar County
- Chariton County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Daviess County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Holt County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Maries County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- New Madrid County
- Newton County
- Nodaway County
- Oregon County
- Osage County
- Ozark County
- Pemiscot County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Schuyler County
- Scotland County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- Shelby County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Worth County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.