Most hawthorns are armed. Leaves are alternately arranged with toothed or lobed margins. Flowers are perfect and often showy.
Fruit is a pome.
These trees are difficult to identify at any time, but especially so in the winter. Those listed here are but a few of the more common hawthorns found in Ohio. Leaf margins are sharply double-toothed and often slightly lobed. Flowers are white and bloom in April. Scarlet fruit ripens in August or September.