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.
Leaves are glabrous or nearly so beneath.
Glossy leaves are toothed and without short lobes. Leaf margins are coarsely and doubly serrate. Flowers open in May, followed by red fruit that ripens in October or November. Lobes are usually doubly toothed. Thorns are stout and straight.