Although covered with formidable two-inch curved thorns, this small tree provides food
and cover to wildlife, and bears attractive orange-red fruits in the fall. Culturally,
cockspur hawthorn is a very adaptable tree.
| Scientific Name |
Acer spicatum |
Amelanchier arborea |
Amelanchier laevis |
Asimina triloba |
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| Common Name |
mountain maple |
downy serviceberry (juneberry) |
Allegheny serviceberry |
common pawpaw |
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| Height |
10-30' |
15-25' |
20-25' |
15-20' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
northeast, southeast |
east |
north |
widespread |
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| Habitat |
shaded cliffs |
moist, well-drained soils |
wood borders, fertile woods, slightly acidic, well-drained soils |
water margins, moist, fertile, deep soils |
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| Features |
Low-branching, bushy tree. Prefers moist, shaded, acidic and undisturbed soils. |
Tolerates sun or shade and wet soils; red berries. *(hb) *(bd) |
Graceful rounded shape, black fruits; tolerates shade. *(w) *(bd) |
Bark, foliage smells bad when bruised. Edible fruits ripen from green to brown. Shade tolerant; difficult to transplant. *(w)*(bf-l) |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
foliage: yellow, orange, red |
flower: spring; white/foliage: orange, red |
flower: spring; white/foliage: red, orange |
foliage: yellow |
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| Scientific Name |
Carpinus caroliniana |
Cercis canadensis |
Chionanthus virginicus |
Cornus alternifolia |
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| Common Name |
American hornbeam |
eastern redbud |
fringe tree |
pagoda dogwood |
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| Height |
20-30' |
20-30' |
12-20' |
15-25' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
widespread |
south |
south |
east |
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| Habitat |
understory woods, along rivers and streams; acidic to neutral soils |
moist, open woods, wood borders |
woods, ravines, water margins, ledges; acidic soils |
low woods, rocky slopes, acid soils |
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| Features |
Smooth fluted gray bark. Tolerates shade, flooding and varying moisture conditions. Difficult to transplant. |
Tolerates a wide range of soil pH and moisture; full sun or light shade. Outstanding flowers. *(be) *(hb) |
Clusters of fragrant flowers, blue summer fruits. Adaptable. *(bd) |
Short-lived fragrant flowers and blue-black fruits. Prefers moist, acidic soils, shaded sites. *(bd) *(w) *(bf-l) |
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| Availability |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
foliage: yellow, orange, red |
flower: spring; pink/foliage: yellow |
flower: summer; white/foliage: yellow |
flower: spring; yellow |
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| Scientific Name |
Cornus drummondi |
Cornus florida |
Crateagus crusgalli |
Crataegus phaenopyrum |
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| Common Name |
roughleaf dogwood |
flowering dogwood |
cockspur hawthorn |
Washington hawthorn |
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| Height |
20-30' |
15-30' |
20-30' |
25-35' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
southwest |
widespread |
scattered |
southwest, eastcentral |
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| Habitat |
woods, more common in southern Ohio |
wood borders, fertile, acidic soils with good drainage |
well-drained wood borders, rocky pastures, dry, open rocky woods |
water margins, open woods, wood borders, open, rocky sites |
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| Features |
White fruits on red pedicels are showy in autumn. May be maintained as a smaller shrub. *(bd) |
Flowers before leaves, red fruits. Potential for disease problems. *(bf-l) *(bd) *(w) |
Green, glossy leaves, 2" thorns and persistent red fruits; pH and soil adaptable. *(bd) *(w) |
Has 1-3" thorns, pleasant flowers and persistent red fruits. *(hb) *(bf) *(bd) |
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| Availability |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
flower: spring; white |
flower: spring; white/foliage: red, violet |
flower: spring; white/foliage: orange, red, violet |
flower: spring; white\foliage: orange, red, violet |
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| Scientific Name |
Crataegus punctata |
Euonymus atropurpureus |
Hamamelis virginiana |
Magnolia tripetala |
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| Common Name |
thicket hawthorn |
Eastern wahoo |
common witchhazel |
umbrella magnolia |
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| Height |
20-35' |
12-24' |
15-20' |
15-30' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
widespread |
widespread |
east |
southcentral |
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| Habitat |
open woods |
woods and sunny banks |
moist woods, ravine slopes |
rare in Ohio |
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| Features |
Leaves are dull grayish green, red fruits ripen in early fall. Broad crown. *(bd) *(w) |
Attractive 4-lobed crimson fruit capsule in autumn. Since birds rarely eat fruit, they persist. |
Interesting and fragrant flowers in fall; shade tolerant; requires moist soils. |
Ill-scented flowers; red fall fruits. Large compound leaves; very coarse-textured. |
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| Availability |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
flower: spring; white |
foliage: red |
flower: autumn; yellow/foliage: yellow |
flower: spring; green-yellow |
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| Scientific Name |
Malus coronaria |
Ostrya virginiana |
Oxydendrum arboreum |
Prunus virginiana |
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| Common Name |
American crabapple |
American hophorn-beam (ironwood) |
sourwood (or sorrel tree) |
common chokecherry |
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| Height |
20-30' |
25-40' |
20-30' |
20-30' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
north |
widespread |
south |
north |
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| Habitat |
abandoned fields, wood borders, rocky streams |
understory woods |
woods, hillsides, well-drained gravely sites with acid soils |
well-drained sites, open wooded slopes, wood borders, fields |
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| Features |
Very susceptible to rust. Choose a resistant cultivar of Malus instead. |
Handsome, adaptable tree; tolerates shaded, moist or dry sites. *(w) |
Fragrant flowers; prefers acidic, humusy, moist soil with good drainage. Intolerant of urban pollution. *(bd) |
Dark purple fruit; suckering. Best in well-drained, neutral soils. Attracts birds. *(bf) *(w) *(bd) |
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| Availability |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
flower: spring; white |
foliage: yellow |
flower: summer; white/foliage: red, yellow, violet |
foliage: red |
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| Scientific Name |
Ptelea trifoliata |
Rhus copallina |
Rhus glabra |
Rhus typhina |
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| Common Name |
hop tree (or wafer-ash) |
flameleaf (shining) sumac |
smooth sumac |
staghorn sumac |
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| Height |
15-20' |
20-30' |
9-15' |
15-20' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
west |
east, southwest |
widespread |
north, west, central |
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| Habitat |
rocky bluffs, limestone soils, moist woods |
acid flats of southwest Ohio, Lake Erie area. |
old fields, wood borders, prairies, rocky hillsides |
old fields, wood borders, acid soils |
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| Features |
Red-brown twigs, glossy leaves; fragrant flowers. Tolerates dry or moist shade. *(hb) *(bd) *(w) |
Foliage dark green and glossy in summer, scarlet in fall. Useful for dry, rocky places, large areas. May be invasive. *(w) |
Showy in fall; bright red fruit; wet or dry soils. Suckering; forms colonies. *(w) *(bd) |
Tolerates dry, infertile soil. Crimson fruit clusters; invasive, suckering; requires full sun. *(w) *(bd) |
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| Availability |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
foliage: yellow |
foliage: red |
foliage: red, orange, violet |
foliage: red, orange |
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| Scientific Name |
Salix discolor |
Sambucus canadensis |
Sambucus pubens |
Viburnum acerifolium |
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| Common Name |
pussy willow |
common elder |
scarlet elder |
mapleleaf viburnum |
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| Height |
15-20' |
8-10' |
12-15' |
4-6' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
widespread |
widespread |
northeast |
east |
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| Habitat |
marshy, swampy ground, river margins |
moist or dry fertile soils in meadows, swamps, woods, fields; acid-neutral |
rocky woods |
shaded woods or roadsides |
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| Features |
Buds open early in spring to reveal furry catkins. Good for poorly drained sites. Invasive. *(bf) *(bf-l) *(be) *(bd) |
Dark purple berry cluster in late summer; often top heavy. Suckers profusely. Flat-topped flower cluster. *(bd) *(bf)*(w) |
Shade tolerant and adaptable to different soil textures and pH levels. Arching branches with red poisonous fruit. Flowers in loose short spikes. *(bd) *(w) |
Tolerates shade and dry, moist or rocky soils; shiny black fruits in September. Suckering. *(w) |
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| Availability |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
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flower: spring; green-white/foliage: yellow-green |
flower: spring; green-white |
flower: spring; yellow-white/foliage: red, violet |
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| Scientific Name |
Viburnum alnifolium (or lantanoides) |
Viburnum dentatum |
Viburnum lentago |
Viburnum prunifolium |
Viburnum trilobum |
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| Common Name |
hobblebush |
arrowwood viburnum |
nannyberry viburnum |
blackhaw viburnum |
American cranberry-bush viburnum |
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| Height |
9-12' |
8-15' |
15-18' |
12-15' |
8-12' |
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| Ohio Distribution |
northeast |
southcentral |
north |
widespread |
northeast |
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| Habitat |
moist woods, ravines |
moist woods |
woods, wood borders, roadsides, open rocky pastures; any soil pH |
dry, calcareous soils, wood borders, woods, steep hillsides |
wet woods, by lakes and streams |
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| Features |
1" flowers; red fruits mature to blue-black in September. Shade tolerant. *(w) |
Soil pH adaptable; 2-4" diameter flower clusters; blue fruits turn black in fall. *(bd) |
Shade or sun, moist or dry; blue berries mature to black; 3-4" flowers. *(bd) *(w) |
Wine red fall foliage, pink berries mature to black; shade, alkaline soils and drought conditions. *(bd) *(w) |
Lobed leaves, 3-4" flower clusters, persistent edible red fruits; shade tolerant. *(w) *(bd) |
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| Availability |
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trade |
trade |
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| Flower Season and Color/Fall Foliage Color |
flower: spring; white/foliage: red, violet |
flower: spring/summer; white/foliage: yellow, red, violet |
flower: spring; white/foliage: violet, red |
flower: spring; white/foliage: red, violet |
flower: spring; white/foliage: yellow, red, violet |
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