Black hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
A large shrub to small tree that grows up to 8 metres tall, armed with stout, straight thorns 1 to 2 centimetres long and bearing showy, white flowers during May and June.
habitat
Black Hawthorn is usually associated with streams, but can also form
dense colonies in moist areas on mountainsides, under Ponderosa Pine or
Douglas Fir in natural or disturbed areas, or along moist roadsides.
Synonyms: black haw bark, sweet viburnum, stag bush, American sloe
Order: Caprifoliaceae ...
( Black Hawk Sorbus )
Grown for its ornamental leaves, great red or yellow fall color, flowers, and red-orange berries. Leaves are dark green, pinnate, 8 inches long, with up to 12 lance-shaped leaflets which are sharply toothed.
BLACK HAW See Viburnum Species
BLACK SAPOTE
Black Sapote Diospyros ebenaster seedlings. By Allan Bredeson. 1975 #2, p 12
Observations on a Black Sapote. By Phil Clark. 1985 #2, p 21
Sapote Negro: Diospyros digyna. By John McIntyre, Jr.
Black Haw (V. prunifolium): Black haw is native throughout South Carolina. It is an upright, rounded, small tree or multi-stemmed shrub to 12 to 15 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide. Occasionally, plants can reach 20 to 30 feet tall.
Black Haw - used in the early stages of pregnancy to help prevent miscarriage ...
Southern Black Haw [English]: Viburnum rufidulum
Southern Blackberry [English]: Rubus argutus
Southern Blackhaw [English]: Viburnum rufidulum
Southern Bladder Fern [English]: Cystopteris protrusa ...
Crataegus douglassii: black hawthorn - named for its black fruit, the spines are small (under 1 inch) or often absent.
Viburnum prunifolium (Black haw), a relative in the Caprifoliaceae family, is used similarly although V. opulus is thought to be a stronger antispasmodic.
Crataegus douglasii [Douglas or Black Hawthorn]
Garrya elliptica [Wavyleaf Silktassel, Coast Silktassel]
Garrya fremontii [Fremont Silktassel]
Holodiscus discolor [Oceanspray]
Lonicera ciliosa [Western Trumpet Honeysuckle] ...
In the second edition of Trees of Seattle I changed my long-held stance on Black Hawthorn. This article elaborates.
Douglas's black hawthorn, Douglas spirea, Douglas seaside tansy, Douglas's knotweed, Douglas's widow-grass, & so on, besides such fauna as the Douglas squirrel & the Douglas short-horned lizard.
Herbalists talk about Jalap and Black Haw, but to the uninitiated Bindweed and Guelder Rose are far more familiar, and it is under these names that they will be found in this herbal.
Crataegus douglasii - Black Hawthorn; Douglas Hawthorn
Crataegus flabellata - Fanleaf Hawthorn
Crataegus flava - Southern Hawthorn; Yellow Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii - Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis - Downy Hawthorn ...
common name for several plants, e.g., the hawthorn and the black haw (see honeysuckle).
More on Haw ...
several well known members of this genus like the sandanqua (Viburnum suspensum) and David (Viburnum davidii) viburnums as well as some that are native to the southeastern United States like arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum) and rusty black haw ...
nigra have black haws. The Pyracantha (C. Pyracantha), so common as a wall climber, is a favourite because of its orange-scarlet berries and evergreen foliage.
 See also: Green, May, Orange, Rose, Fruits
  
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