Index    Handbook of the Trees of New England by Lorin Low Dame, Henry Brooks

Cratægus punctata, Jacq.

Thickets, hillsides, borders of forests.

Small tree, common in Vermont (Brainerd) and occasional in the other New England states.

Thorns 1-2 inches long, sometimes branched; leaves 1-2½ inches long, smooth on the upper surface, finally smooth and dull beneath; outline obovate, toothed or slightly lobed above, entire or nearly so beneath, short-pointed or somewhat obtuse at the apex, wedge-shaped at base; leafstalk slender, 1-2 inches long; calyx lobes linear, entire; fruit large, red or yellow.