Washington Thorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. A dry flesh. Very small, about 5mm in diameter, it often hangs on the tree all winter. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Very small, about 5mm in diameter, it often hangs on the tree all winter.; There are up to five fairly large seeds in the centre of the fruit, these often stick together and so the effect is of eating a cherry-like fruit with a single seed.

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets, open woods and banks of streams in rich soils. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)