Family: Rosaceae, Rose view all from this family

Description A small tree with a short trunk and several stout branches forming broad, open crown.
Height: 30' (9 m).
Diameter: 1' (0.3 m).
Leaves: 2-4" (5-10 cm) long, 1 1/2" (4 cm) wide. Ovate; coarsely saw-toothed beyond middle; slightly lobed on young twigs; both blades and leafstalks with fine reddish hairs when young. Yellow-green above, pale beneath; turning yellow in autumn.
Bark: red-brown; fissured and scaly.
Twigs: red-brown; covered with gray hairs when young.
Flowers: nearly 1 1/2" (4 cm) wide; with 5 rounded white or pink petals; in clusters, on long stalks; in spring.
Fruit: 1-1 1/4" (2.5-3 cm) in diameter; like a small apple; yellow-green, long-stalked; maturing in late summer.

Habitat Moist soils in openings and borders of forests.

Range S. Ontario east to New York, south to extreme N. Georgia, west to NE. Arkansas, and north to N. Illinois; to 3300' (1006 m) in southern Appalachians.

Discussion The common crabapple of the Ohio Valley, it is sometimes planted as an ornamental. Double-flowered varieties have a greater number of larger and deeper pink flowers. The fruit can be made into preserves and cider.