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Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

87
Keystone

Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
About 30 feet
Spread
25–35 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to average

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Deciduous
Bloom
Late spring
Fruiting season
Summer to fall

Recorded in 45 Arkansas counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 43 animals.

Widespread birds also seen here (50)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of Arkansas

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

114CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Crataegus

  • Hemaris thysbeHummingbird Clearwing
  • Limenitis arthemisRed-spotted Purple
  • Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
  • Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
  • Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
  • Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
  • Acronicta interruptaInterrupted Dagger
  • Acronicta radcliffeiRadcliffe's Dagger
  • Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
  • Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
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  • Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Archips griseaGray Archips
  • Argyrostrotis anilisShort-Lined Chocolate
  • Argyrotaenia quadrifascianaLesser All-Green Leaf Roller, Four-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Balsa labeculaWhite-Blotched Balsa
  • Balsa tristrigellaThree-Lined Balsa
  • Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
  • Catocala alabamaeAlabama Underwing, [Titan Underwing]
  • Catocala blandulaCharming Underwing
  • Catocala clintoniiClinton's Underwing
  • Catocala crataegiHawthorne Underwing, Thorn Underwing
  • Catocala gryneaWoody Underwing
  • Catocala lincolnanaLincoln Underwing
  • Catocala miraWonderful Underwing
  • Catocala orbaOrba Underwing
  • Catocala praeclaraPraeclara Underwing, Chokeberry Underwing, Charlotte's Underwing
  • Catocala pretiosaPrecious Underwing, Texarkana Underwing
  • Catocala ultroniaUltronia Underwing
  • Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
  • Cenopis diluticostanaSpring Dead-Leaf Roller Moth, Oak Cenopis
  • Ceratomia undulosaWaved Sphinx
  • Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
  • Cerma coraThe Agate
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
  • Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
  • Episimus argutanaSumac Leaftier
  • Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
  • Euchlaena johnsonariaJohnson's Euchlaena
  • Euchlaena tigrinariaMotted Euchlaena
  • Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
  • Eulithis gracilineataGreater Grapevine Looper
  • Eumacaria madopataBrown-Bordered Geometer
  • Eupsilia vinulentaStraight-Toothed Sallow
  • Glenoides texanariaTexas Gray
  • Grapholita packardiCherry Fruit Worm
  • Grapholita prunivoraLesser Apple Worm
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Hedya chionosemaTwin-Spotted Budworm, White-Spotted Hedya
  • Hedya separatanaPink-Washed Leafroller Moth
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
  • Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
  • Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
  • Limenitis archippusViceroy
  • Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
  • Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
  • Lomographa glomerariaGray Spring Moth
  • Lomographa semiclarataBluish Spring Moth, Wildcherry Looper
  • Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
  • Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
  • Macaria coortariaFour-Spotted Angle, Four-Spotted Granite
  • Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
  • Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
  • Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
  • Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
  • Morrisonia mucensGray Woodgrain
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia garmaniGarman's Quaker
  • Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
  • Orthosia revictaSubdued Quaker
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
  • Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
  • Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Phaecasiophora niveiguttanaLabyrinth Moth
  • Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
  • Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
  • Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
  • Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
  • Phyllonorycter crataegellaApple Leaf Miner, Apple Blotch Leafminer, Apple Leafblotch Miner
  • Probole alienariaDogwood Probole, Alien Probole
  • Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
  • Pseudexentera maracanaBanded Pseudexentera
  • Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
  • Rhopobota dietzianaWinterberry Moth
  • Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Sphecodina abbottiiAbbott's Sphinx
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
  • Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
  • Syndemis afflictanaFall Dead-Leaf Roller, Gray Leafroller, Black-and-Grey Banded Leafroller
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Xanthorhoe lacustrataToothed Brown Carpet
  • Zale lunataLunate Zale
  • Zale minereaColorful Zale
  • Epinotia vertumnana
  • Epinotia zandana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
11BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Crataegus

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
7BirdsRecorded eating Crataegus in Arkansas

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Arkansas, most records first.

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab)

Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Beetles 3
  • Acmaeodera culta
  • Euphoria fulgida
  • Molorchus bimaculatus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 11
  • Didea fasciata
  • Empis distans
  • Eristalis latifrons
  • Helicobia 4-setosa
  • Morellia micans
  • Orthoneura nitida
  • Phormia regina
  • Phormia terraenovae
  • Rhamphomyia mutabilis
  • Volucella vesiculosa
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  • Xanthogramma emarginata

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 1
  • Anosia plexippus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 4
  • Ancistrocerus tigris
  • Eumenes fraternus
  • Polistes pallipes
  • Symmorphus debilis

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Other insects

Birds that eat Crataegus 7

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Rosaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
White
Growth rate
Moderate
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Fall

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
  • Bloom · “Late spring” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Flower color · “White” · USDA PLANTS (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs) · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Fruit ends · “Fall” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Growth habit · “Single stem” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Growth rate · “Moderate” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Hardiness · “Zones 3–7” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
  • Height · “About 30 feet” · USDA PLANTS (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differ) · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Leaves · “Deciduous” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  • Leaf retention · “Deciduous” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  • Light · “Full sun” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
  • Soil · “medium to dry” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differ) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
  • Soil pH · “Acidic” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  • Spread · “25–35 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

Conservation status

Arkansas rankNot available
Global rankG5
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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