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Crataegus brachyacantha Sargent & Engelmann. Common name: Blueberry Hawthorn. Phenology: Apr; Sep. Habitat: Oak flatwoods, bottomland forests, margins of prairies and saline barrens, pine flatwoods. Distribution: LA, s. AR, se. OK, e. TX; one historic, disjunct record in sw. GA.

ID notes: The only eastern hawthorn bearing black fruit, appearing blue due to an exterior waxy bloom.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA9, NcTx, S, S13, Lance (2014), Phipps (1998), Phipps, O’Kennon, & Lance (2003). Basionym: Crataegus brachyacantha Sarg. & Engelm. 1882

Links to other floras: = Crataegus brachyacantha - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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native range: southern United States



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