Crataegus monogyna

Crataegus monogyna - Meidoorn - Hawthorn - Aubépine - Weissdorn

Blanking on the name

The tree was on the side of the road. It has dark red fruit on stems in the manner of cherries. The leaves however have a distinctive shape very unlike cherries. Notable are the new leaves who appear to curl out where the old leave's stem attaches to the twig. I am not sure this tree is native as I have not seen it before.

The tree was on the side of the road. It has dark red fruit on stems in the manner of cherries. The leaves however have a distinctive shape very unlike cherries. Notable are the new leaves who appear to curl out where the old leave's stem attaches to the twig. I am not sure this tree is native as I have not seen it before.

The tree was on the side of the road. It has dark red fruit on stems in the manner of cherries. The leaves however have a distinctive shape very unlike cherries. Notable are the new leaves who appear to curl out where the old leave's stem attaches to the twig. I am not sure this tree is native as I have not seen it before.

This is one of several raggedy hawthorn bushes of assorted sizes that have grown up along this fence line across from an old hawthorn hedge. (060209#070)

Hawthorn sapling growing up under a kanuka in Culverden Scientific Reserve.

Hawthorn sapling growing up under a kanuka in Culverden Scientific Reserve.

Found growing under the old pine canopy above the waste water treatment plant along the coastal walkway. Is this regular hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) or something else?

Found growing under the old pine canopy above the waste water treatment plant along the coastal walkway. Is this regular hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) or something else?

Found growing under the old pine canopy above the waste water treatment plant along the coastal walkway. Is this regular hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) or something else?

A juvenile hawthorn growing amongst Scotch broom.

In scrub between the village and the beech forest along the side of the track.

Growing under mature pines in a woodlot in the village.

Wild in the scrub on the margin of the beech forest by the village.

Hawthorn fruits are getting close to ripe now. (With a fantail.)

Wild hawthorn amongst the gorse of the fence line. There's a planted hawthorn hedge back near McDrurys Road that I expect is the parent.

Wild hawthorn amongst the gorse of the fence line. There's a planted hawthorn hedge back near McDrurys Road that I expect is the parent.