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
Crataegus mollis

Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli L.

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'

Japanese Flowering Crabapple
Malus floribunda
Black Cherry - Prunus serotina
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina

 
 
              
 
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