| Green Hawthorn is a fairly common small tree found in bottomlands, swamps, and other wetlands in the Coastal Plain and adjacent Piedmont of North Carolina. One of the larger of the hawthorns, commonly small tree size (up to 30 feet high). Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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| Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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| Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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| Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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| Spines are relatively few. Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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| The bark is perhaps the most distinctive feature of Green Hawthorn, with plates of bark peeling off to reveal reddish-brown bark beneath. It is somwhat similar to the bark of the larger Southern Crabapple (Malus angustifolia). Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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| Durham Co., NC 4/15/2011.
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