Crataegus macrosperma

Classification	Dicots
Family	Rosaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rosaceae
Genus	Crataegus
Species:	Crataegus macrosperma Ashe
Common Name	Bigfruit Hawthorn
Growth Habit	tree
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: Yes; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: doubly serrate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Type: Pome; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Stamen Number: 6; Stamen Number: 7; Stamen Number: 8; Stamen Number: 9; Stamen Number: 10
C value	8
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Crataegus macrosperma var. pastorum	Crataegus macrosperma var. pastorum (Sarg.) Eggl.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Harlan (KY), Laurel (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Anderson (TN), Carter (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Johnson (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, ETSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
ETSU005176	Unicoi	Tennessee	06 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU005870	Carter	Tennessee	09 Oct 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116350	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116356	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116355	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116354	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
UCHT015110	Johnson	Tennessee			UCHT Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0097901	Harlan	Kentucky	04 Jun 1983	Max Medley	APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0041188	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0067672	Pulaski	Kentucky	30 Sep 1987	Max Medley	APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0115275	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Crataegus macrosperma
UOS05434	Franklin	Tennessee	10 May 1998	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU035253	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	28 Apr 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116342	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116353	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116340	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116345	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116338	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116325	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116341	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0044426	Harlan	Kentucky	06 May 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0045075	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU035250	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
BEREA019709	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116326	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116331	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116336	Lauderdale	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116327	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116330	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
UCHT015111	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0005252	Cumberland	Tennessee	25 Apr 1965	David Ralston	APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0071382	White	Tennessee			APSC Crataegus macrosperma
BEREA019708	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116322	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116332	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116343	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116323	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116334	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116348	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116349	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0085226	Harlan	Kentucky	15 Jul 1984	Max Medley	APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0041187	White	Tennessee			APSC Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0058960	Carter	Tennessee			APSC Crataegus macrosperma
UOS05437	Franklin	Tennessee	18 Apr 2006	Jon Evans	UOS Crataegus macrosperma
UOS05439	Franklin	Tennessee	07 Jul 2006	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116329	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116352	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116344	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116337	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116497		Kentucky			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116335	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
APSC0098324	Harlan	Kentucky	15 Aug 1982	Max Medley	APSC Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU035252	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU007633	Greene	Tennessee	20 Jun 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116346	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116339	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116333	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116347	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116351	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
UOS05438	Franklin	Tennessee	15 May 2013	Dwayne Estes	UOS Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU007632	Unicoi	Tennessee	27 Aug 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116328	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
TENN-V-0116324	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Crataegus macrosperma
ETSU030619	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Crataegus macrosperma

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