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Crataegus

not marked as a favorite taxon Crataegus opaca Hooker & Arnott. Common name: Western Mayhaw. Phenology: Feb-Mar; Apr-May. Habitat: Bottomlands, swampy forests, lowland depressions and wetland soils where flooded for periods of the year. Distribution: E. TX to Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, FL (Kunzer et al. 2009).

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ID notes: The leaves of C. opaca differ from the eastern C. aestivalis in being predominately elliptical, with subentire to obscurely crenate or shallowly sinuate margins.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Occasionally cultivated for its fruit production.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA9, K4, Lance (2014), Phipps (1988a). Basionym: Crataegus opaca Hook. & Arn. 1835

Links to other floras: = Crataegus opaca - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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