Common hawthorn is very easy to find and is widespread throughout Exeter. As the name suggests it does have thorns - quite big ones in fact! It is usually a small shrub but can sometimes be found as a small tree. It is very easy to identify all throughout with the year with it's toothed lobed leaves, white flowers and red haws (fruit).
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Several Common hawthorn shrubs planted together
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A small Common hawthorn tree
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The flowers are great for bees and flies
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Close up of the flowers
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Close up of the spent flowers
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A rainy day for this Hawthorn
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Close up of the fruit beginning to form
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Close up of the developed fruit
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Close up of the leaves
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Close up of the thorns
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Branches of Common hawthorn
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Close up of the trunk of a small Common hawthorn tree
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