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Crataegus chlorosarca

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Wikipedia Abstract

Crataegus chlorosarca is an Asian species of hawthorn with black fruit. Although recommended as an ornamental and hardy in cold climates, it is rarely cultivated.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Midges
Scent [2]  The flowers have an unpleasant smell like decaying fish, though when freshly open they also have a pleasant balsamic undertone.
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Wood - heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items;
Height [2]  20 feet (6 m)
Width [2]  14.76 feet (4.5 m)
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Predators

Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (European fruit scale)[3]
Heliococcus bohemicus (Bohemian mealybug)[3]
Pandemis heparana (Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix)[4]
Phyllonorycter jozanae[4]
Pulvinaria vitis (cottony vine scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0