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- Approximately nine species of crab apples are native to North America, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains, with only one, M. fusca (Oregon or Pacific crab), being native to British Columbia.
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Jan 17, 2017 · British Columbia’s native Pacific crab apple (Malus fusca or Pyrus fusca), however, may look very much as the ancestors of cultivated apples did many thousands of years ago. Bearing scented blooms, edible fruit and growing to a small stature, it has much potential as a garden and landscape plant.
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Apr 23, 2013 · Approximately nine species of crab apples are native to North America, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains, with only one, M. fusca (Oregon or Pacific crab), being native to British Columbia. Description
The natural range of Pacific crab apple consists of a coastal belt from South Alaska to Northwest California. Somewhat less than half of the total range is located in British Columbia (Little 1976).
Pacific Crabapple is the only native apple in our region. Distribution of Malus fusca from Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service. Distribution: It is found from southern Alaska to northern California, along the coast on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. Growth: Pacific Crabapple grows relatively slowly to 36 feet (12m).
Nov 1, 2006 · Our native crabapples form shrubs to small trees from 2 to 12 m (6 1⁄2 to 40 ft.) tall. Plants branch widely and often grow in extensive thickets. Distinctive, spine-like, short shoots line the branches but are nothing as vicious as those of black or English hawthorn (Crataegus species).
This tree can grow as either an ornamental tree or a hedge-like shrub, depending on pruning. The roots are good for controlling erosion and stabilizing shorelines. This is the only native apple tree in British Columbia.
Jan 30, 2024 · Crab apples are a BC native species and perhaps Indigenous people carried seeds when migrating to the Americas from Asia. Yeasts that ferment apples live everywhere, so spontaneous fermentation likely took place far and wide and cider was “discovered” wherever apples grew.
