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Crataegus viridis L.
Green Hawthorn
Florida native
An occasional tree of wet hammocks, floodplain foress and pond margins from Levy, Marion and Volusia Counties northward and across the panhandle. The range extends throughout the southeastern states west into Texas to Kansas, Missouri, north into Illinois and Indiana and northeast into Delaware and Pennsylvania.
Green hawthorns are typically 5-15m (16 to 50 ft.) tall. The leaf blades have mostly triangular-shaped teeth along the margin with the lateral veins ending near the tip of the teeth and not in the notches (sinuses). There are tufts of pubescence in the vein axils on the underside of the leaves. The leaf blades are 4-7cm (1-1/2 in to 2-3/4 in.) long. The flowers and fruit are in branching umbels with 5-15mm (up to 2/3 in.) long pedicels. The fruits are 5-8mm (~1/4 in.) in diameter.
Crataegus viridis is a member of the Rosaceae - Rose family.
Other species of the Crataegus genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Crataegus aestivalis - MAY HAW
Crataegus flava - YELLOWLEAF HAWTHORN
Crataegus marshallii - PARSLEY HAWTHORN
Crataegus michauxii - MICHAUX'S HAWTHORN
Crataegus spathulata - LITTLEHIP HAWTHORN
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Mar 28, 2025
