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Date Photo Taken: 4/27/11
Location: Gainesville, GA
Posted By: Sherry

Notes:

Just finished blooming, strange bark, non fragrant.

1. Bobby Unregistered says:

   Looks like an old Hawthorn tree. I am not sure of the variety. Perhaps Washington Hawthorn. Check this link http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/wash_thorn.htm

   May 6th, 2011 at 8:30 pm

2. cheyn Registered says:

   Our Washington Hawthorn has similar flowers, but the leaves are different. Also, ours is very fragrant, and is just now blooming in the Lawrenceville area. However, our trunk looks nothing like yours. Yours is very interesting. Does it have large thorns along the branches? Ours does.

   Looking in our Audubon tree guide, the leaves look like a Littlehip Hawthorn, but the book doesn’t show a good photo of the trunk.

   May 8th, 2011 at 8:33 pm

3. Sherry Registered says:

   I have not noticed thorns…it is in a neighbor’s pasture…will go back and check for thorns.

   May 9th, 2011 at 12:03 am

4. Sherry Registered says:

   Thanks–it could very well be the Littlehip Hawthorne. Here’s a link I found that shows Littlehip trunk pattern and it is almost identical: http://www.grownative.org/plants/info.asp?id=216

   May 9th, 2011 at 7:53 pm

5. Bobby Unregistered says:

   Great sleuting! Littlehip hawthorne looks the one.

   May 9th, 2011 at 8:37 pm

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