Malus toringo
Siebold's crab · also Siebold's crabapple, Toringo crabapple, Japanese crabapple
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Malus toringo is an underused small tree with attractive, carefree habit. It features purplish-brown young branchlets, abundant white fragrant flowers, and yellow pome fruits that persist into winter. It attracts birds, mammals, and bees, and is resistant to drought, frost, salt, and wind.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 4040.14%32 yr5.9 in
- 580.03%—3.1 in
- 350.07%16 yr—
- 120.02%12 yr2.0 in
- 70.00%29 yr7.4 in
- 30.00%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 15–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–20 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.9 in, mean 6.2 in, 90th percentile 9.8 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
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Other Malus in the catalogue
37 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
