. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 46. BRAINERD'S THORN —CrataegM Braineidi Sargent Cratcegus Schuettei Ashe. Cratmgns ForbescB Sargent Brainerd's thorn is common in western New England and ranges south to Pennsylvania and west to northern Illinois and Wisconsin. It is commonly a roimd- topped shrub, but often a tree 6 meters high, with ascending branches; the scaly bark is gray-brown, the twigs reddish broA/vn, smooth, and armed with chestnut- brown spine
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 46. BRAINERD'S THORN —CrataegM Braineidi Sargent Cratcegus Schuettei Ashe. Cratmgns ForbescB Sargent Brainerd's thorn is common in western New England and ranges south to Pennsylvania and west to northern Illinois and Wisconsin. It is commonly a roimd- topped shrub, but often a tree 6 meters high, with ascending branches; the scaly bark is gray-brown, the twigs reddish broA/vn, smooth, and armed with chestnut- brown spines from 3 to 6 cm. long. The leaves are ovate, 3 to 9 cm. long, 2 to 6 cm. wide, broadly wedge-shaped at the base, pointed at the apex, doubly toothed, with 4 to 6 pairs of short-pointed lobes, slightly hairy on the upper surface when young, rather thin, bright green above, paler beneath; the leaf-stalks are slightly winged above, i to 2 cm. long. The flowers are about 2 cm. broad, in many-flowered, smooth corymbs; calyx-. FlG. 436. — Brainerd's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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