Mature leaves <3″ wide or ≥3.5″ wide?
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Leaves less than 3"wide
Trees occassionally thorny
Hawthorns (Crataegus spp.)
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Leaves greater than or equal to 3.5" wide
Trees never thorny
Trees occassionally thorny
Hawthorns (Crataegus spp.)
Trees never thorny