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Crataegus laevigata
Crataegus laevigata, known as the Midland hawthorn, English hawthorn, woodland hawthorn, or mayflower, is a species of hawthorn native to western and central Europe, from Great Britain (where it is typically found in ancient woodland and old hedgerows) and Spain, east to Romania and Ukraine. The species name is sometimes spelt C. levigata, but the original orthography is C. lævigata.
8 branches of this group, most-observed first
midland hawthorn
speciesCrataegus laevigata
Dzhungarskei hawthorn
speciesCrataegus songarica
Russian Hawthorn
speciesCrataegus ambigua
Crataegus meyeri
speciesCrataegus meyeri
Kurdistan Hawthorn
speciesCrataegus kurdistanica
Crataegus caucasica
speciesCrataegus caucasica
Crataegus stankovii
speciesCrataegus stankovii
Sakran Hawthorn
speciesCrataegus sakranensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1437599.