title: Crataegus saligna
text: # Crataegus saligna
  
  Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn that is seldom cultivated and rather rare in the wild. Its native range is wet areas of western Colorado and northeastern Utah. It is a shrub or small tree with thin, elongated leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and reddish bark.
  
  It is related to C. erythropoda and C. rivularis.
  
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  * Natural range
  