Scientific name: Crataegus monogyna Jacq.
Common name: Hawthorn
Description
Habit: A tree or shrub, to 10 m high.
Stems: Erect.
Leaves: Alternate, with long stalk, triangular in outline, with leafy stipules, deeply 5-7-lobed to 2/3 of the way to the midrib or more, sharply pointed or toothed at the tip.
Flowers: White or pink, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 12 mm across, in cymes of 12-50 flowers; calyx of 5 sepals, fused and 5-toothed, hairy; petals 5, free; stamens numerous; with hypanthium.
Fruits: A fruit berry-like, red, 8-10 mm, elliptic, with persistent sepals.
Twigs: Smooth and light grey; spiny, spines 1-2.5 cm, medium to strong.
Bark: Young bark smooth and light grey, older bark grey to pinkish brown with dark longitudinal fissures.
Habitat: Woods, scrub, hedges, limestone pavement, neglected pastures.Distribution: Abundant.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No