"Slopes of hills and the high banks of salt marshes usually in rich, well-drained soil, Essex county, Massachusetts, John Robinson, 1900; Gerrish island, Maine, J. G. Jack, 1899-1900; Brunswick, Maine, Miss Kate Furbish, May, 1899; Newfoundland, A. C. Waghorne, 1894."[1]
[1] Prof. C. S. Sargent in Bot. Gaz., XXXI, 12. By permission of the publishers.
Cratægus mollis, Scheele.
Cratægus subvillosa, Schr. Cratægus coccinea, var. mollis, T. & G.
Thorn.
Habitat and Range.—Bordering on low lands and along streams.
Provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
Maine,—as far north as Mattawamkeag on the middle Penobscot, Dover on the Piscataquis, and Orono on the lower Penobscot; reported also from southern sections; Vermont,—Charlotte (Hosford); Massachusetts,—in the eastern part infrequent; no stations reported in the other New England states.
South to Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Texas; west to Michigan and Missouri.
Habit.—Shrub or often a small tree, 20-30 feet high, with trunk 6-12 inches in diameter, often with numerous suckers; branches at 4-6 feet from the ground, at an acute angle with the stem, lower often horizontal or declining; head spreading, widest at base, spray short, angular, and bushy; thorns slender, 1-3 inches long, straight or slightly recurved.