The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1903
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Rosaceae

Total records held
105

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 37	49
Tetrads: 36	46
Hectads: 20	27

Conservation Status
B

Account last edited
Feb 22 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Midland Hawthorn is a rare native spiny shrub or small tree of ancient woods. It is also sometimes planted in hedges probably by mistake for Hawthorn. It occurs scattered throughout our area from Mellor (SJ9888) and Upper Derwent (SK1293) in the north through High Tor (SK2958) to Alkmonton (SK1937 and Spondon (SK4136) in the south. Nationally it is a southern species with Derbyshire towards the north-western limit of its natural distribution and it is thus sometimes only regarded as native in the south of the county (Clapham 1969).