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In the rosaceae family — a diverse group that includes hawthorns and apple trees — more than a quarter of species are considered threatened, endangered or critically endangered.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
Prospect Park in May is a commotion of beauty: meadows and dense rambles, hills and hollows, everything covered in chokeberries, spicebush, violets, flowering hawthorns, magnolias and lindens.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
Tangles of willows, cottonwoods and hawthorns grew alongside the creek and its tributaries.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2016
Serviceberry bushes and hawthorns framed a bubbling stream, engineered to look like it was flowing naturally through a ponderosa pine forest.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2011
There are many in Ireland, where they are usually hawthorns or the occasional ash tree.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
