§1 Plant
Malus fusca (Raf.) C.K. Schneid.
vernacular Oregon crab apple — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Malus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 52 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 27 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 207 min.
- Precipitation
- 33–120 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 10,900
- Propagation
- bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 52 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Cowlitz 53015
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Pacific 53049
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MAFU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3001080 ↗Record version
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