|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
|||||||||
| THE ROSE FAMILY | |||||||||
| The rose family is one of the most
well known plant families in Saskatchewan. Plants in this family are trees,
shrubs or herbs. The shrubs or trees are commonly armed with prickles or
spines. The leaves can be simple or compound and frequently have a saw-toothed
margin. A pair of stipules is usually present at the base of the stem leaves.
The flowers are in various types of clusters or can be solitary. The flowers
are frequently brightly coloured and showy. The flowers have five sepals
and petals, five to many stamens in whorls and one to many fused or distinct
carpels. The fruits can be drupes (ex. cherry), pomes (ex. apple), or aggregates
of achenes (ex. strawberry), pods, or drupelets (ex. raspberry). Many fruit crops are members of the rose family. Cherry, apple, pear, raspberry and strawberry are examples. Roses are used for medicine and for their essential oils. Many roses are grown as ornamentals in gardens. |
|||||||||
| FLESHY HAWTHORN | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Crataegus succulenta | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Fleshy hawthorn is a shrub that grows up to 5 tall. This shrub has stout thorns greater than 3 cm long. The leaves are alternate and are irregularly saw-toothed. Each flower has five sepals and petals and up to 10 stamens. The petals are white and the stamens are yellow or pale pink. The fruit is berry-like and fleshy. The fruit is red in colour and the seeds are yellowish-brown and pitted. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Fleshy hawthorn grows on shrubby slopes, depressions, and open woods. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in southern Saskatchewan in the Moist Mixed Grassland and Aspen Parkland ecoregions. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| Fleshy hawthorn is endangered because of extreme rarity in Saskatchewan. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY FLESHY HAWTHORN | |||||||||
| * Are the fruits red and berry-like? * Are the petals white? * Are the thorns greater than 3 cm long? * Did you find it in southern Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have fleshy hawthorn! | |||||||||
