Fruit: Spherical or nearly so, up to ½ inch in diameter, red, fleshy but dry, with 1-2 nutlets.
Wood: Heavy, hard, close-grained, brown.
Use: Sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Habitat: Wooded slopes, thickets.
Range: Southern Ontario across to Minnesota, south to Texas, east to South Carolina.
Distinguishing Features: Cock-spur Thorn differs from most other hawthorns in Illinois by its leathery, shiny leaves which are broadest above the middle.
RED HAW
Crataegus mollis (Torr. & Gray) Scheele
Growth Form: Small tree to 25 feet tall; trunk diameter up to 14 inches; crown widely spreading.
Bark: Gray-brown, scaly, deeply furrowed.