Crataegus castlegarensis J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon
Annotated by P. Zika, 2005.

Washington: Skamania County: Beacon Rock State Park, on the Columbia River. West margin of meadow, west of Woodward Creek. Approximately 1/4 mile west of new bathrooms and new parking and picnic area. Hedgerow more or less perpendicular to river.
45° 37.008' N, 122° 1.768' W
With black cottonwood, blackberry, Trifolium sp., Vicia sp., Dactylis glomerata, Geranium sp., Shasta daisy, Cerastium arvense, Rumex acetosella. Large, multi-trunk shrub, approximately 40 feet tall, 45 feet wide. Leaves large, broad, more or less truncate-tipped, lobed and toothed; some brown and drying on this date. Young twigs reddish-brown, older gray. Pedicels thinly tomentose. Fruits dark burgundy, or chestnut-mahogany on this date; clusters of 4-8; diameter not exceeding 1 centimeter; globose or tapered near calyx end, sepals absent or withered, flesh dry, skin tough. Thorns not abundant; dark brown or reddish brown, straight or slightly down-curved, 1-1.5 centimeters long. Stamens about 10; pistils about 4; pyrenes 3 in all tested. Same individual as #C-2005-02. Phenology: Fruits.

Rhoda M. Love C-2005-09, Aug 22, 2005
WTU, Accession: 388990