PRUINOSE HAW
Crataegus pruinosa (Wendl.) K. Koch
Growth Form: Small tree to 15 feet tall; trunk diameter up to 8 inches; crown broad and irregular.
Bark: Dark gray, scaly, furrowed.
Twigs: Slender, reddish-brown, smooth, with spines up to 2 inches long; leaf scars alternate, crescent-shaped, slightly elevated, with 3 bundle traces.
Buds: Rounded, up to ⅛ inch in diameter, reddish-brown, smooth or nearly so.
Leaves: Alternate, simple; blades mostly ovate, broadest below the middle, pointed at the tip, rounded at the base, up to 3 inches long and about ⅔ as broad, coarsely toothed along the edges and frequently shallowly lobed, bluish-green and smooth on the upper surface, paler and smooth on the lower surface; leafstalks stout, up to 1 inch long, smooth or somewhat hairy.
Flowers: Showy, several in a cluster, appearing in May and early June, each up to 1 inch across, with 5 white petals.
Fruit: Spherical or nearly so, up to ¾ inch in diameter, dark red to purple, fleshy but dry, with 5 nutlets.
Wood: Heavy, hard, close-grained, brown.
Habitat: Woods and thickets.