Black Hawthorn offers beauty, function for area gardens
Somewhat resembling a tiny apple with hard seeds inside, Black Hawthorn haws may be eaten raw or cooked. The flesh is juicy with a pleasant flavor, tasty in pies and other fruit desserts.
(Photo courtesy KINNIKINNICK NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY)
Found frequently on stream banks, Black Hawthorn prefers moist, well-drained sites in open woods and forest edges.
Abundant in northwestern North America, Black Hawthorn's white floral display appears usually in May and is often called Mayflower.
Botanists consider Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) a shrub, but it can reach as tall as 40 feet with upright branches forming a rounded crown. Like the rose, this member of the Rosaceae family has thorns along its branches. They are thin, sharp, spine-like and an inch long or more...
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