Name that plant
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Date Photo Taken
06 / 08 / 2018
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
West
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City
Draper
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State
Utah
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Posted by
Adam Woolsey
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I believe these 2 trees are from a National Arbor Day gift shipment. I thought they were a maple variety but the thorns have confused me. Any ideas what I have here? Are the thorns going to be permanent or are they just a juvenile defense? Any help with identification would be greatly appreciated.
Comments
laura735 Master Identifier says:
OOps, sorry Sean Teague! when I logged on, this post was shown as an unanswered post :(.
June 11th, 2018 at 8:53am
laura735 Master Identifier says:
One-seeded hawthorn another species in the genus (C. mongyna). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/crataegus/monogyna/
June 9th, 2018 at 12:10pm
laura735 Master Identifier says:
Maybe a species in the hawthorn genus (Crataegus). Sorry, I can’t tell which on this is. You could get in touch with the Arbor Day Foundation folks to help narrowing down the ID. The thorns are usually “permanent” on hawthorn species. Check out these included links for information on the genus. Best wishes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus
June 9th, 2018 at 12:05pm
Sean Teague Registered says:
Washington Hawthorn. Birds love them, people cutting grass hate them. We love ours, especially then it blooms and when the masses of red berries come in. Don’t be afraid, plant it where it can get plenty of sun and some where that you can sit to watch all the birds.
June 8th, 2018 at 7:32pm