#104 OREGON CRABAPPLE
Malus fusca
This tree is at location L8
County Champion
| Distribution: | Native to Western North America from Alaska to California Uncommon in Europe |
| Planting Date: | 1927 |
| Appearance: | A deciduous tree growing up to 13 m tall. The trees can reach at least 100 years of age. |
| Leaf: | The leaves are 5 cm to 8 cm long, dark green above, and both pale and fibrous beneath; they turn bright orange to red in autumn. |
| Flowers: | The flowers are white or pale pink, blooming in spring. |
| Fruit: | The fruits are small round apple-shaped pomes about 2 cm long and from red to yellow-green in colour. They may stay on the tree until winter. |
| Tree height and girth in 2023: | Height 9 m and girth 86 cm |
| Uses: | The fruit is sour but used for the extraction of pectin. Grown in parks and gardens as an ornamental plant. Oregon or Pacific crabapple fruits were prized by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest as a food source. In traditional medicine, infusions of the bark and/or fruit were used for: stomach disorders, skin and eye infections, and as an analgesic. |
| Introduction Date: | Listed in cultivation in 1836 |
| Anecdotes and Comments: | 2023 rated County Champion by height and girth by The Tree Register |