Unknown Fruiting evergreen

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  1. Aschroader

    Aschroader New Member

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    HEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLP. No one in the office has a clue what this is. It must be a rare and one of a kind tree. Or we just need to learn more.
    It is about 20-ish-ft tall. and other than the photo that's all we know.
    Were are in the PNW (pacific northwest), Washington state, Seattle area. This is more than likely a non-native plant that no arborist within shouting distance can figure out.
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Looks like one of the semi-evergreen hawthorns, perhaps Crataegus mexicana or C. stipulacea.
     
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    We finally came up with something that we all feel is at least the closest. Crataegus x lavallei
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    The usual one here of this type is Carriere hawthorn. See Jacobson, Trees of Seattle - Second Edition (2006), p. 177 for locations of some other examples to compare yours to:

    It doesn't resemble other hawthorns so much as an evergreen crabapple tree ... Common in Seattle, popular, often planted
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Maybe I'm misjudging the size in the photos, but I thought the leaves looked larger than those of Crataegus × lavallei.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    The leaves of Carriere hawthorn are slightly longer than those of Mexican hawthorn.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Checked up in my books, for C. stipulacea, up to 10 cm, and for C. × lavallei, up to 11 cm, though specimens of the latter I've seen have always had much smaller leaves, not over about 6 (maybe 7) cm (due to the cooler climate here?).
     

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