Hawthorn
Common weeds
- Scientific name
- Crataegus monogyna
- Description
- Deciduous, dense, erect, large shrub to small tree with thorns to 25mm long along and at tips of branchlets. Red berries
- Weed category
- Regionally controlled
- How to indentify
- Leaves lobed with toothed edges with veins on lower surface. Flowers small white/pink in clusters at end of branches. Round bright red berries 10mm diameter in Autumn.
- How it spreads
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- Birds
- Animals
- Water
- Garden waste
- Dumped soil
- Vehicles
- Sold/retail
- Suggested plant replacement
- Removal methods
- Plant specific removal methods
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Hand weed small plants, ensuring all roots are removed as can reshoot. Remove berries. Posion large plants when actively growing.
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- Thank you to Shire of Yarra Ranges for assistance in compiling this directory
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