ROSACEAE, The Rose family

On many parking strips throughout the city, the very pretty pink flowering hawthorn is blooming. Deep pink flowers contrast with dark green leaves. The bark has deep vertical furrows that remind me of the muscle-like trunk of the Carpinus, but much craggier. They grow to 25′ x 25′.

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