Midland Hawthorn
Midland Hawthorn - Crataegus laevigata
Shrub or small tree with spiny branches. Leaves not deeply lobed (rarely reaching half way to the midrib). Flowers white 9 to 12 mm and usually with 2 or 3 styles. Berry red generally with 2 or 3 stones.
Hedgerows and scrub and woodland.
Early May to June.
Deciduous.
Most common in central and southern England (south of the Humber). Uncommon in Wales, Scotland, south-west England and East Anglia.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 280 of the 617 tetrads.
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9181 (taken 4.5.2008)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 May 2008
flowers with two or three styles, Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9181 (taken 1.11.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
01 November 2007
fruits -' Haws' and leaves which are not deeply divided
AJ Cann
Prior's Coppice
29 April 2017
2-3 styles. - Fruit has two or three seeds Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9181 (taken 1.11.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
01 November 2007
fruit split to show two stones
David Nicholls
Fosse Meadows
21 May 2014
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9181 (taken 4.5.2008)..JPG)
, Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9181 (taken 1.11.2007).JPG)
. - Fruit has two or three seeds Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9181 (taken 1.11.2007).JPG)
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Hawthorn-Buttercup Aphid
The aphid Dysaphis ranunculi causes a gall on the leaves of Hawthorns. These yellowish galls cause the leaf to turn down like an upturned boat, and contain deep grey waxy aphids. The galls may be flushed rosy pink. It alternates its host between Hawthorns and Ranunculus species but is most often recorded on Hawthorn.