Common Name
Big-fruited hawthorn
Plant Form
Shrubs & Small Trees
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
20.0
Width (ft)
12.0 -
20.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Hardiness Zone
5,
6,
7,
8,
9
Additional Info
In a wide diversity of habitats, including dry stony creek bottoms, slope forests, ridgetops, clearings, and even wetland edges; especially numerous in montane oak and oak-hickory forests at middle to higher elevations; more often in forests and forest edges than in open fields. Common and widespread in the mountains; frequent in the inner piedmont; rare eastward.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Fall
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Dry