Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn that is seldom cultivated and rather rare in the wild. Its native range is wet areas of western Colorado and northeastern Utah. It is a shrub or small tree with thin, elongated leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and reddish bark.

Crataegus saligna
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Crataegus sect. Douglasia
Series: Crataegus ser. Cerrones
Species:
C. saligna
Binomial name
Crataegus saligna
Natural range of Crataegus saligna
Synonyms[1]
  • C. douglasii var. duchesnensis S.L.Welsh
  • C. wheeleri A.Nelson

It is related to C. erythropoda and C. rivularis.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Phipps, J.B. (1999). "The relationships of the American black-fruited hawthorns Crataegus erythropoda, C. rivularis, C. saligna and C. brachyacantha to C. ser. Douglasianae (Rosaceae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 18 (3): 647–660. JSTOR 41968885.

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