120 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Crataegus mollis, Scheele. 



Cratcegus subvillosa, Schr. Cratceyas coccinea, var. mollis, T. fy G. 

 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 

 Penobscot ; 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. 



