Cotoneaster frigidus

Tree cotoneaster

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Tree cotoneaster is a naturalized shrub found in the San Francisco Bay Area on northern-facing canyon slopes and thickets at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white flowers with spreading petals that are generally tufted-hairy and 8 to 13 millimeters wide. Growing 5 to 15 meters tall with arching branches, the shrub forms a deciduous, spreading habit. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic, 55 to 150 millimeters long, with a dull surface and acute tip, appearing slightly hairy on the underside. The fruit is a distinctive nearly spheric red berry 5 to 7 millimeters wide, containing two stones.

Habitat: N-facing canyon slopes, thickets

Bloom period: May-Jun, fruiting Sep--Oct

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: SnFrB

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