[Crabapples and Apples: The Genus Malus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple

Malus fusca

Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis

Flowers of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Western crabapple blooming along Rattlesnake Creek just south of Panakanic, Klickitat County, Washington.........May 6, 2015.

Inflorescence of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Cluster of flowers of western crabapple.

Ventral leaf surface of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Fruit of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Dorsal leaf surface of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Close-up views of the ventral leaf surface (left), fruit (center) and dorsal leaf surface (right) of western crabapple.
Paul Slichter