Rosaceae Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe
Fireberry Hawthorn
Potawatomi - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 107
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Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe
Scientific name: Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe
USDA symbol: CRCH (
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Common names: Fireberry Hawthorn
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruit eaten by deer, bears and sometimes the Indians.
RECRD: 312 id: 11347