Crataegus brainerdii

Crataegus brainerdii

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Species:
C. brainerdii
Binomial name
Crataegus brainerdii
Range of Crataegus brainerdii in North America

Crataegus brainerdii is a species of hawthorn in the family Rosaceae, known by the common name Brainerd's hawthorn. It is native to eastern North America, including parts of eastern Canada and the eastern and midwestern United States. The species is named in honor of Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924), a botanist and former president of Middlebury College in Vermont.