1-0 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Crataegus mollis, Scheele. 

 ( 'ratcegus subvillosa, Schr. < 'ratcegus coccinea, var. mollis, '/'. ; v < i. 



Thorn. 



Habitat and Range. Bordering on low lands and along 

 streams. 



Provinces of Quebec and Ontario. 



Maine, - - as far north as Mattawamkeag on the middle 

 Penobscot, Dover on the Piscataquis, and Orono on the lower 

 JPenobscot ; reported also from southern sections ; Vermont, 

 Charlotte (Hosford) ; Massachusetts, in the eastern part 

 infrequent ; no stations reported in the other New England 

 states. 



South to Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Texas ; west to Michigan 

 and Missouri. 



Habit. Shrub or often a small tree, 20-30 feet high, with 

 trunk 6-12 inches in diameter, often with numerous suckers ; 

 branches at 4-6 feet from the ground, at an acute angle with 

 the stem, lower often horizontal or declining ; head spread- 

 ing, widest at base, spray short, angular, and bushy ; thorns 

 slender, 1-3 inches long, straight or slightly recurved. 



Bark. Bark of the whole tree, except the ultimate shoots, 

 light gray, on the trunk and larger branches separating length- 

 wise into thin narrow plates, in old trees dark gray and 

 more or less shreddy ; season's shoots reddish or yellowish- 

 brown, glossy. 



Winter Buds and Leaves. Buds small, ovate, reddish-brown, 

 shining ; scales broad, glandular-edged. Leaves simple, alter- 

 nate, 3-5 inches long, light green above, lighter beneath, 

 broad-ovate to broad-elliptical ; rather regularly and slightly 

 incised with fine, glandular-tipped teeth ; apex acute ; base 

 wedge-shaped, truncate, or subcordate ; roughish above and 

 slightly pubescent beneath, especially along the veins ; leaf- 

 stalk pubescent ; stipules linear, glandular-edged, deciduous. 



