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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Crataegus okanaganensis var. okanaganensis
Okanagan hawthorn


 
Scientific Name: Crataegus okanaganensis var. okanaganensis
English Name: Okanagan hawthorn
 
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Phipps, J.B. and R.J. O?Kennon 1998. Three new species of Crataegus (Rosaceae) from western North America: C. okennonii, C. okanaganensis, and C. phippsii. Sida 18:169?191.
Classification Level: Variety
Species Group: Vascular Plant
Species Code: CRATOKA2
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae Rosales Rosaceae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G4TNR
Provincial Status: S3? (Apr 2015)
BC List: Blue
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Ecology & Life History
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Agriculture / Hedgerow / Facultative - occasional use
Anthropogenic / Roadside/Ditch / Facultative - frequent use
Riparian / Riparian Shrub / Facultative - occasional use
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Distribution
Endemic:
Global Range Comment: Known from B.C., Idaho and Washington (FNA vol. 9, 2014).
Disjunct, more common elsewhere: N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: N
 
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References and Related Literature
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Crataegus okanaganensis var. okanaganensis. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 10, 2026).