IQQ MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Mains fusca (Raf.) Schn. (pi. 21, B). Oregon crab apple. 
M. rivularis Roem., M. diversifolia (Bong.) Roem., Pyrus fusca Raf., P. 
diversifoUa Bong., P. rivularis Dougl. 
Range : 1, 2, 4. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Pome, available August-November. 
A small to large tree ; flowers April-May ; thicket forming ; specimens usually 
straggling when single. 
Stomach records: Robin. Observations: Much eaten by Oregon ruffed grouse. 
Not a first-class brow^se plant because often, inaccessible on account of thicket- 
forming tendency but sometimes fair cattle forage. 
Malus glabrata Rehd. Crab apple. 
Pyrus gla'brata Bailey. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A small to large tree. 
Mains glaucescens Rehd. Dunbar crab apple. 
M. fragrans Rehd., Pyrus glaucescens Bailey. 
Range : 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Pome, available in September. 
A large shrub to small or large tree; flowers April-May; commonly clump 
forming and spiny. 
Mains ioensis (Wood) Britt. Prairie crab apple. 
Pyrus coronaria ioensis Wood, P. ioensis Caruth. 
Range : 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 29. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome, available September-October. 
A large shrub to small tree; flowers April-May; several varieties, all occur- 
ing within the range of the species have been described. 
Mains lancifolia Rehd. Lanceleaf crab apple, 
Pyrus lancifolia Bailey. 
Range: 25, 27. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A large shrub to small, spiny tree. 
Mains mains, see Malus pumila. 
Mains platycarpa Rehd. Crab apple. 
Pyrus platycarpa Bailey. 
Range: 25, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A large shrub to small tree. 
Mains pnmila Mill. Wild apple, 
if. mains (L.) Britt, M. sylvestris Mill., Pyrus malus L. 
Range : 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Pome, available September-November. 
A small to large tree, flowers April-May; introduced from Asia, but widely 
naturalized and easily escaping. 
Stomach records: Three species of birds; gray fox, white-tailed deer. 01)ser- 
vations: Nine species of birds, including ring-necked pheasant and mourning 
dove; white-tailed deer. Without doubt of extreme importance as a food- 
producing plant for wildlife. 
Mains rivnlaris, see Malus fusca. 
Mains sempervirens, see Malus angustifoUa. 
Mains sonlardii (Bailey) Britt. Sonlard crab apple. 
Pyrus sonlardii Bailey. 
Range : 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
