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Crataegus saligna

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ5182583 ↗
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Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn that is rarely cultivated and rather uncommon in the wild. Its native range is wet areas of western Colorado and northeastern Utah. It is a shrub or small tree with thin, elongated leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and reddish bark.

It is related to C. erythropoda and C. rivularis.

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See also

List of hawthorn species with black fruit

References

External links

Phipps, J.B.; O'Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.

Beatty, B.L.; Jennings, W.F.; Rawlinson, R.C. (11 August 2004). "Crataegus saligna Greene (willow hawthorn): A technical conservation assessment" (PDF).

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This entry incorporates text from “Crataegus saligna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.