species 70 observations

Russian Hawthorn

Crataegus ambigua

Field notes

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height. The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes).

Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica, a species that has black fruit.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided