Hawthorn Tree's Autumn Beauty

Hawthorn berries

Last June I wrote an article near the beauty together with sustainable value of Hawthorn trees, Crataegus.

Hawthorn fruit hangs inward clusters

Now it's Oct together with our largest tree, which nosotros received gratis amongst a membership to the Audubon Society fifteen years ago, is decked out inward its red-orange splendor.

They are related to roses, of all things. But, when you lot intend near it, those berries expect a chip similar rose hips.

The berries are called haws.



I've read that people brand Haw Jam out of the berries merely nosotros ordinarily convey plenty jam without harvesting our Hawthorn berries or our Elderberries for that matter.

Plus, the haws tin flame crusade digestive upset inward humans.

the thorns are incredible

 The berries aren't ripe nonetheless together with therefore the birds volition exit them lone for a while. The birds that favor haws include: chickadee, mockingbirds,  robins, thrushes, together with waxwings volition survive all over them.

Hawthorn trees furnish berries for nutrient together with thorns to protect nests from predators

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