. 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. Fig. 426. — Woolly Thorn. 37. WASHINGTON THORN — Cratagus Phanopyrum (Linnaeus fils) Medicus Cratcegus cordata Aiton, not Mespilus cordata Miller. Mespilus Phcenopyrum Linnaeus fils This species grows in moist, rich soil along streams, from Virginia, south along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and Alabama, and from the lower Wabash valley in Illinois to south- em Missouri and northwestern Ar
. 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. Fig. 426. — Woolly Thorn. 37. WASHINGTON THORN — Cratagus Phanopyrum (Linnaeus fils) Medicus Cratcegus cordata Aiton, not Mespilus cordata Miller. Mespilus Phcenopyrum Linnaeus fils This species grows in moist, rich soil along streams, from Virginia, south along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and Alabama, and from the lower Wabash valley in Illinois to south- em Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. It is often cultivated, and has become natural- ized as far north as Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania. It is frequently a large, spreading shrub, and sometimes becomes a tree 9 meters high, with nearly erect branches forming an oblong head; the bark is grayish brown, scaly; the twigs are chestnut-brown, smooth, bearing slightly curved spines 2 to 5 cm. long. The leaves are broadly ovate to triangu- lar, 2 to 8 cm. long, 2 to 8 cm. wide, pointed or long-pointed at the apex, rounded or heart-shaped at the base, 3- to 7-lobed, 3 of the lobes generally strongly marked, toothed or doubly toothed, with pointed teeth, smooth, or with a few hairs along the veins when young, bright green Fig. 427. — Washington 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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