| Crab Apple Malus coronaria |
A small tree with a short trunk and several stout branches forming broad open
crown.
Identification: height: ~30 feet, ~ diameter 1 foot,
Leaves: 2 to 4 inches long, 1 ½ inches wide, Ovate: coarsely saw toothed
beyond middle, slightly lobed on young twigs; both blades and leafstalks with
fine reddish hairs when young. Yellow-green above, paler beneath; turning
yellow in autumn.
Flower: nearly 1 ½ inch wide; with 5 rounded white or pink petals; in clusters, on long stalks;
in spring.
Fruit; 1 to 1 ¼ inch in diameter; like a small apple; yellow-green, long stalked; maturing in late
summer.
Twig: red-brown; covered with gray hairs when young
Bark: red-brown; fissured and scaly.
Form; A small tree; short trunk; several stout branches forming broad open crown.
Habitat: Moist soils in openings and borders of forests.
Range: S. Ontario east to New York, south to extreme N. Georgia, west to NE. Arkansas and
to N Illinois; to 3300 feet in southern Appalachians.
in spring.
Fruit; 1 to 1 ¼ inch in diameter; like a small apple; yellow-green, long stalked; maturing in late
summer.
Twig: red-brown; covered with gray hairs when young
Bark: red-brown; fissured and scaly.
Form; A small tree; short trunk; several stout branches forming broad open crown.
Habitat: Moist soils in openings and borders of forests.
Range: S. Ontario east to New York, south to extreme N. Georgia, west to NE. Arkansas and
to N Illinois; to 3300 feet in southern Appalachians.