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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Wine Spring Bald, Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 Hawthorns are notoriously difficult to identify...if you know which species these are, please let me know! |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Wine Spring Bald, Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Wine Spring Bald, Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Wine Spring Bald, Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 |
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Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Locally common but overall uncommonly found in North Carolina only at high elevation habitats. Note "dots" (punctate glands) on fruits, from which the common name is derived. |
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Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Dotted Hawthorn leaves have veins strongly impressed into the leaf blade. |
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Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
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unidentified hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Nov 21, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com