Crataegus douglasii -- (Black Hawthorn)


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 Scientific Name:  Crataegus douglasii
 Common Name:  Black Hawthorn
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer, Fall
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Medium
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Mid Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  Yes
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  120
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Black
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Thicket Forming
 Growth Habit:  Tree, Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  15
 Height, Mature (feet):  25
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  1000
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  200
 pH (Maximum):  7.5
 pH (Minimum):  6.5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  6
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  12
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  20033
 Seed Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Minnesota Status:  Threatened
 Seedling Vigor:  High
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -29
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Cuttings, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

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 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Rosales
 Family:  Rosaceae
 Genus:  Crataegus

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