Crataegus biltmoreana
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| Crataegus biltmoreana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Section: | Crataegus sect. Coccineae |
| Series: | Crataegus ser. Intricatae |
| Species: | C. biltmoreana |
| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus biltmoreana | |
Crataegus biltmoreana is a species of hawthorn. It is wide-ranging but somewhat scarce, known from Vermont to Georgia and west to Missouri and Arkansas, but is most abundant in Appalachia.[1] It is one of many hawthorn species named by Chauncey Delos Beadle when he worked at the Biltmore Estate.[2] The fruit are green, yellow, or orange.[3] It is sometimes considered to be a synonym of C. intricata.[4]
