cockspur hawthorn

Family

Rosaceae

Crataegus crus-galli

Crataegus mohrii

Crataegus permixta

Crataegus tenax

Crataegus triumphalis

Crataegus cherokeensis

Crataegus vallicola

Crataegus algens

Crataegus signata

Crataegus palmeri

Crataegus fontanesiana

Crataegus regalis

Crataegus palliata

Crataegus operta

Crataegus acutifolia

Crataegus tantula

Crataegus pyracanthoides

Crataegus cocksii

Crataegus canbyi

Crataegus acutifolia

Crataegus subpilosa

Crataegus danielsii

Crataegus fecunda

Crataegus hannibalensis

Crataegus bushii

Crataegus sabineana

Crataegus barrettiana

Crataegus denaria

Leaves are broadest above or near the middle, thick, leathery, shiny dark green above, usually not lobed, and smooth

It is a small tree that grows twenty to thirty feet high, twenty to thirty-five feet wide; with wide-spreading, horizontal, thorny branches

Flowers ranging from white to red are produced in clusters.

Fruits are broadest above the middle or rounded, dull red or green.

Cockspur hawthorn grows from southern Quebec, and Ontario to northern Louisiana, Alabama and northwestern Georgia, and west to Kansas

perennial

Shrub