Question: Dear Botanist, This beautiful tree, i believe, is a Yellow Malus. Is there any further information you would be able …
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Dear Botanist, This beautiful tree, i believe, is a Yellow Malus. Is there any further information you would be able to give me on ID. It is located on an island in Salem Sound, Massachusetts. There is at least 1 more tree just like it! Thank you very much! SueLB
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Dear SueLB, I cannot be sure from the photographs you have supplied, but from what I can see, the images are +/- consistent with Malus baccata (Siberian crab apple) or a closely related species. This particular apple has naturalized (here and there) over most of New England. Best wishes.
