#10 most planted
Malus
Apple · also Crab apple, Crabapples, Flowering crabapple
BroadleafDeciduous
123,263
trees mapped
1.2%
of all named trees
34
cities
3.9 in
median trunk (10 cm, 111,093 measured)
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Malus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs known for producing apples. They typically have a rounded canopy and produce showy flowers in spring, followed by fruits in summer, providing value to wildlife. Some species demonstrate resilience to drought.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 25,0354.8%—3.1 in
- 24,5182.2%—2.4 in
- 12,0313.7%—4.3 in
- 10,4613.9%—7.9 in
- 8,7322.9%—2.8 in
- 7,1262.1%10 yr5.5 in
- 4,2431.4%—3.0 in
- 4,0290.56%—5.0 in
- 3,5672.3%12 yr5.5 in
- 3,0732.6%—5.0 in
- 2,5020.88%29 yr5.9 in
- 2,2412.7%—7.5 in
- 2,0111.0%6.9 yr3.0 in
- 1,9770.29%—7.9 in
- 1,7012.3%8.8 yr5.9 in
- 1,4693.3%15 yr5.1 in
- 1,2592.6%9.8 yr2.9 in
- 1,1769.9%5.8 yr7.0 in
- 8991.2%—4.7 in
- 8501.1%—9.3 in
- 7290.17%19 yr4.4 in
- 6961.5%—8.3 in
- 6931.6%—5.5 in
- 6450.28%—4.9 in
- 3260.93%—8.7 in
- 3080.06%10 yr3.9 in
- 2942.5%5.4 yr3.9 in
- 2250.12%—6.0 in
- 1630.11%—1.9 in
- 1040.08%—4.0 in
- 700.03%——
- 580.37%—7.1 in
- 490.21%—4.7 in
- 30.01%—1.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 15–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–25 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.9 in, mean 5.6 in, 90th percentile 11 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
- Western Himalayan broadleaf forests
- Appenine deciduous montane forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe
- Kazakh forest steppe
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Other Malus in the catalogue
37 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
