Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Malus domestica [Malus pumila] [Malus communis] [Malus sylvestris] [Pyrus malus]
- Family
- Rosaceae
- CommonName
- common apple, apple tree
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- exotic
- EarliestDate
- 2006
- LatestDate
- 2006
- Ecosystem
- shrubland
- Geobotanical
- NCristos
- Counties
- Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Baca
- Other Localities
- Comments
- In the Watershed there is one voucher for this cultivated crabapple (often planted around the Valley): “Cattle HQ” within the Baca National Wildlife Refuge (2006), perhaps not escaped but just persisting after the property was abandoned. Otherwise, Malus pumila is a popular ornamental found in all towns of the Valley, where the fallen pomes readily take root in yards with trees. It can be found around old homesteads, forest edges, lake shores, etc. in all states of the USA except for Florida, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas. Note that this is the apple of ancient Old World lineage, with hundreds of cultivars, and on its genus name there is no authoritative consensus. I'm going with FNA.
- Annotation