Autumn Hawthorn leaves
Description
- Title:
- Autumn Hawthorn leaves
- Caption / Description:
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Yellow Hawthorn leaves in early Autumn.
Crataegus monogyna, known as Common Hawthorn, is a species of hawthorn native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia. Other common names include may, mayblossom, maythorn, quickthorn, whitethorn, motherdie, and haw. This species is one of several that have been referred to as Crataegus oxyacantha, a name that has been rejected by the botanical community as too ambiguous.
It is a broadly spreading shrub or small tree 5–14 m tall, with a dense crown. The bark is dull brown with vertical orange cracks. The younger stems bear sharp thorns, 1 to 1.5 cm long. The leaves are 2–4 cm long, obovate and deeply lobed, sometimes almost to the midrib, with the lobes spreading at a wide angle. The upper surface is dark green above and paler underneath.
The hermaphrodite flowers are produced in late spring (May to early June in its native area) in corymbs of 5-25 together; each flower is about 1 cm diameter, and has five white petals, numerous red stamens, and a single style; they are moderately fragrant. They are pollinated by midges and later in the year bear numerous haws. The haw is a small, oval dark red fruit about 1 cm long, berry-like, but structurally a pome containing a single seed. Haws are important for wildlife in winter, particularly thrushes and waxwings; these birds eat the haws and disperse the seeds in their droppings.
It is distinguished from the related but less widespread Midland Hawthorn (C. laevigata) in the leaves being deeply lobed, with spreading lobes, and in the flowers having just one style, not two or three. However they are inter-fertile and hybrids occur frequently; they are only entirely distinct in their more typical forms.
Description from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus_monogyna
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Orange
- Plantae
- Plants
- Magnoliophyta
- Flowering Plants
- Angiosperms
- Magnoliopsida
- Dicotyledons
- Yellow
- Rosales
- Rosaceae
- Roses
- Crataegus
- Hawthorns
- Crataegus monogyna
- Common Hawthorn
- Autumn
- Fall
- Autumn leaves
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- _MG_8639.CR2
- Event:
- Rating:
- ☆
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- Original File Dimensions:
- 4272px x 2848px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Adobe RGB (1998)
Location
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
- Geo-location:
- 52.474583333333, -0.94614 View on map
Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2011 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄250 s
- Aperture:
- f/3.5
- Camera Model:
- Canon EOS 450D
- ISO:
- 100
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 100mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- Metering Mode:
- Flash:
- Off, Did not fire
- Exposure Mode:
- Auto
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
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Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM
- Filters used:
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- Setup:
- Handheld
Liveview using Perfect LCD Viewfinder
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) 3.10
- Post Processing:
-0.5 brightness in DPP