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Family: Rosaceae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common name: Common hawthorn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-flora BC: https:\/\/linnet.geog.ubc.ca\/Atlas\/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Crataegus%20monogyna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wikipedia: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crataegus_monogyna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common hawthorn is a serious invasive exotic plant in our region. It grows as a large shrub or small tree, with thorny dense branches. It can form dense thickets that outcompete native plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It generally has a single stem with a dense crown of branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note the dense tangled bushy crown, and straggling branches emerging from the crown – this is a typical shape of common hawthorn. This specimen was photographed in Third Street Park in Nanaimo, near VIU. Common hawthorn is highly abundant in this area, significantly replacing native vegetation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The foliage of common hawthorn is dense. Leaves are deeply lobed, but quite variable. Some specimens have very deeply lobed leaves, others less so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deeply lobed leaves, and thorns of common hawthorn. Thorns are most pronounced on younger stems. Photo credit: Eenstijlige Meidoorn via Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Deeply lobed leaves and clusters of white 5-petaled flowers of common hawthorn in spring. The flowers are quite fragrant, but many people find the smell unpleasant. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clusters of white flowers in spring. Note the 5-petaled flower so common among members of the Rosaceae family (e.g. compare to Rubus parviflorus <\/a><\/em>or Rosa nutkana<\/a><\/em>). Note the deeply lobed leaves. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Distinctive clusters of red fruit of common hawthorn. The fruit is used as a winter food for many birds, which contributes to the spread of the plant in our landscape. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Family: Rosaceae Common name: Common hawthorn E-flora BC: https:\/\/linnet.geog.ubc.ca\/Atlas\/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Crataegus%20monogyna Wikipedia: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crataegus_monogyna Common hawthorn is a serious invasive exotic plant in our region. It grows as a large shrub or small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2649,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}