Tree Family Rosaceae

Tree Family Rosaceae - Hawthorns, Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peach, Almond, Mountain-Ash and Whitebeams
The Rose family is a large assemblage of trees, shrubs and herbs encompassing many of our most familiar and valued fruits, the drupes and pomes. The family is characterized by the flowers, which have the sepals, petals and stamens attached to the receptacle margin. Please select a thumbnail for more and larger images and information on each species.

Downy Hawthorn

Downy Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis

Cockspur Hawthorn

Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli L.

Showy Cockspur Hawthorn

Showy Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli v. splendens

Hooks Hawthorn - Crataegus 'Hooks'

Hooks Hawthorn
Crataegus 'Hooks'

Oakleaf Mountain-ash
Sorbus x thuringiaca

American Mountain-Ash
Sorbus americana

Chinese Mountain-ash
Sorbus pohaushanensis

Mougeot Whitebeam
Sorbus mougeotii

Sargent Cherry
Prunus sargentii

Amur Mountain-ash
Sorbus amurensis

Hupeh Mountain-ash
Sorbus hupehensis

Wild Pear
Pyrus pyraster

Swedish Whitebeam
Sorbus intermedia

Japanese Mountain-ash
Sorbus commixta

Amur Chokecherry
Prunus maackii

European Mountain-ash
Sorbus latifolia

Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'

Image: Crabapples

Japanese Flowering Crabapple
Malus floribunda

Black Cherry - Prunus serotina

Black Cherry
Prunus serotina

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