Willow Hawthorn Crataegus saligna

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Botanical Name:

Crataegus saligna

Family:

Rosaceae

Genus:

Crataegus

Species:

saligna

Common Name:

Willow Hawthorn

Height:
6-18 feet
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5

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  • Crataegus saligna

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Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: warm stratify for 120 days, cold stratify for 120 days.
Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: Germination may be irregular and some seed may lie over 2 years before germination.
In a Nutshell:
* Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn that is seldom cultivated and rather rare in the wild. Its native range is wet areas of western Colorado and northeastern Utah . It is a handsome shrub or small tree with delicate-looking leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and beautiful reddish bark. more...
* Crataegus saligna
(willow hawthorn) is a shrubby tree inhabiting canyons and riparian corridors from 1,630
to 2,620 meters (5,345 to 8,600 feet) in western Colorado.
* The black-fruited Crataegus species of the western U.S., including C. saligna , C. rivularis , C. erythropoda , C. brachyacantha , C. douglasii , C. suksdorfii , and C. okennonii , have also been associated with considerable taxonomic confusion, despite the statement from Cronquist et al. (1997) that “With only three native species of Crataegus in our [intermountain] range, we are virtually free from the taxonomic difficulties encountered in distinguishing the taxa of the central and eastern part of the continent
* Crataegus saligna
is a species of special concern
because of its endemic distribution, small number
of documented occurrences, and possible human-
related and environmental threats to its persistence. more...