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§1 Plant

Malus sargentii Rehder

vernacular Sargent's apple — species · Rosaceae


USDA
MASA9
GBIF
7848132 syn.
Rank
species
Sargent's apple (Malus sargentii)
Platephotograph · Vanessa Perry source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Malus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 1 county across 1 state
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 1 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
30–60 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.5
Root depth
30 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
10 ft
Height @ 20 y
10 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
70,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
Medium
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1 county across 1 state.

Washington view state ↗ 1 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/MASA9 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/7848132 ↗

Record version

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