| Scientific Name: | Crataegus douglasii |
| Common Name: | black hawthorn |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Irregular, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Erosion control, Group or mass planting, Herb, Security/barrier, Spring interest, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Obovate, Ovate, Double serrate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pome, Purple, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Thorns 1-2cm long, reddish-brown; leaves alternate, most blades obovate, 5-7cm long x 4-5cm wide, bi-serrate to slightly lobed, petioles 1-2cm long; flowers white, saucer-shape, May-June; pomes ovoid, reddish maturing black when ripe, about 1cm long. Winter ID: thorns, persistent fruit. | |