[Apples: The Genus Malus in Mt. Adams Country] --- [The Rose Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple

Malus fusca

Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis

Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Two images showing flowers of western crabapple as seen alongside wetlands to the west of Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake NWR.........May 26, 2008.

Fruits of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Mature fruits of western crabapple as seen alongside wetlands along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake NWR..........October 23, 2023.

Upper leaf surface of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Lower leaf surface of Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Close-up images of the dorsal (left) and ventral (right) surface of the leaf of western crabapple. Note the pair of lobes on the lowwer half of the margin of the blade. Often, only one side of the blade will have a lobe on it. Photographed along the Willard Springs Foot Trail in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........June 9, 2007.

Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Fruit of the Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis) - Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

Western crabapple blooming at left along the Willard Springs Trail at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........May 1, 2015.The photo at center shows a close-up of the pome (fruit) of western crabapple as seen at the public fishing area along Lakeside Rd in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge...........September 22, 2007. In reality, the pome is only about 1 cm or so in length. The photo at right shows a narrower leaf than that shown further above. Leaves may contain two short lobes, one lobe, or no lobes at all as seen below. Photographed alongside wetlands to the west of Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake NWR...........May 26, 2008.

Western Crabapple, Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca (Synonyms: Malus fusca var. fusca, Malus fusca var. levipes, Pyrus diversifolia, Pyrus fusca, Pyrus rivularis)

The photo above shows another view of the pome (fruit) of western crabapple as seen at the public fishing area along Lakeside Rd in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........September 22, 2007.

Paul Slichter