#635 most planted
Crataegus media
Intermediate hawthorn · also Hawthorn
BroadleafDeciduous
819
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
1
city
5.9 in
median trunk (15 cm, 346 measured)
32 yr
median age (99% have a planting date)
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Crataegus media is a hybrid hawthorn known for ornamental cultivars with double pink or red flowers and abundant, edible red fruit. This deciduous broadleaf tree often exhibits a rounded growth habit. While some cultivars are thornless, the species generally thrives in full sun and well-drained soils, but can be susceptible to fire blight.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 8190.29%32 yr5.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.9 in, mean 6.8 in, 90th percentile 9.8 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Crataegus in the catalogue
29 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
