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cerro hawthorn
Crataegus erythropoda
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.0 ft. to 30.0 ft.
Spread: 5.0 ft. to 15.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Tree
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Hummingbirds, Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Urban Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Riparian
- Season of Bloom
- May, June
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Screening, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability, Thorns
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 3, 4 - Soil Type
- Loam, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- Careful! Sharp Spines, Thorns Or Other Appendages.
Notes
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.