Sweet Crabapple
The Sweet Crabapple has around 55 different varieties and are native to the continents of North America, Europe, as well as Asia. Although there are many different pollinators of the Crabapple, the main two best pollinators are the honeybee and the mason bee. Also this flower as well as its fruit serve as a food plant for many different insect species. Where this flower and its fruit is sweet in taste, there are many other hybrids of this flower whose fruit is extremely sour! Trust me I know, I have eaten the sour crabapples before! The sour tasting fruit are good but they are definitely an acquired taste. This tree is fairly popular as an ornamental yard tree, and one of its best qualities is the fact that this tree is highly resistant to disease. Kingdom: Plantae Subkingdom: Tracheobionta Superdivision: Spermatophyta Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: Malus Mill Species: Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. Click Here to go to Sweet Crabapple Home
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