Your help is appreciated. We depend on donations to help keep this site free and up to date for you. Can you please help us?

Donate

Native Plant Trust: Go Botany Discover thousands of New England plants

Questions and Answers: 2020

Question: Small tree growing beside a path in open woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts May 11 2020.

  • Question

    Small tree growing beside a path in open woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts May 11 2020.

    Answer

    Dear jfc, you've photographed a species of Malus (flowering crab). It is likely either Malus baccata or Malus prunifolia, two of the more common crab apples that are found around in New England as naturalized plants. Fruit size is a good indicator which it is, as well as whether or not the sepals persist on the fruit (or not). Best wishes.