Malus baccata
Siberian crab apple · also Siberian crab, Manchurian crab apple, Chinese crab apple
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Malus baccata, commonly known as Siberian crabapple, is a cold-hardy tree with a rounded canopy and dark green leaves. It produces plentiful, fragrant white flowers in spring and small red fruit in fall that persist into winter, attracting birds. Adaptable to urban conditions and a wide range of soils, it may be susceptible to apple scab.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 9,1021.9%7.4 yr2.8 in
- 7050.21%20 yr6.7 in
- 6060.05%—1.5 in
- 5310.10%—3.1 in
- 3090.11%27 yr5.9 in
- 1750.24%8.8 yr2.0 in
- 800.02%29 yr8.7 in
- 760.05%29 yr5.5 in
- 640.14%14 yr3.1 in
- 490.03%—3.7 in
- 160.01%23 yr43 in
- 130.01%—5.6 in
- 130.02%—4.7 in
- 30.00%—4.3 in
- 30.01%——
- 20.00%—10 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 50 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.8 in, mean 3.7 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
- Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Manchurian mixed forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Boreal Forests/Taiga
- East Siberian taiga
Other Malus in the catalogue
37 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
