Crataegus monogyna
Common hawthorn · also Whitethorn, One-seed hawthorn, Single-seeded hawthorn
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Common Hawthorn is a deciduous tree or shrub growing up to 10 meters tall, featuring sprawling, thorny branches, lobed leaves, and showy white to pink flowers in late spring, followed by persistent red fruits. Native to Europe, it attracts bees and birds and can form dense thickets, sometimes exhibiting invasive tendencies in introduced regions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 26,5892.3%—2.5 in
- 3,9811.4%47 yr5.9 in
- 1,0560.24%34 yr6.3 in
- 4891.00%8.8 yr1.8 in
- 1930.08%—3.0 in
- 1370.07%—11 in
- 650.56%11 yr3.9 in
- 230.03%18 yr2.0 in
- 110.01%11 yr22 in
- 80.05%2.5 yr3.9 in
- 60.01%——
- 50.00%—3.8 in
- 20.00%—5.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 25–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- May, Jun
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.6 in, mean 3.3 in, 90th percentile 5.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Baltic mixed forests
- Central European mixed forests
- East European forest steppe
- European Atlantic mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Other Crataegus in the catalogue
29 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
