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§1 Plant

Crataegus marshallii Eggl.

vernacular parsley hawthorn — species · Rosaceae


USDA
CRMA5
GBIF
3014468
Rank
species
parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
Platephotograph · skelicoCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Crataegus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 322 counties across 14 states/territories
Legend Native · 322 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-3 °F minimum
Frost-free days
240 min.
Precipitation
34–60 in/yr
pH range
5.8–7.2
Root depth
18 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
25 ft
Height @ 20 y
25 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
20,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 322 counties across 14 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 34 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 46 N
Florida view state ↗ 25 N
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 50 N
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 25 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N
Texas view state ↗ 37 N
Virginia view state ↗ 9 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CRMA5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3014468 ↗

Record version

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