Taxon: Malus fusca (Raf.) C. K. Schneid.

Common names:

• Oregon crab apple   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Alaska-Apfel   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: disease resistance for almond   (as a graft stock, citing H-12 fide Acta Hort 290:15. 1991)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for apple   (citing H-12 fide Acta Hort 290:15. 1991)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of apple   (based on rarely occurring hybrids with Malus domestica as female donor fide Syst Bot 16:373. 1991)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.], Washington [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.w.]

References:

• Dickson, E. E. et al. 1991. Isozymes in North American Malus (Rosaceae): hybridization and species differentiation. Syst. Bot. 16:363–375.
• Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. [= Pyrus fusca Raf.].
• Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Likhonos, F. D. 1974. A survey of the species in the genus Malus Mill. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52(3):28. [= Malus baccata subsp. fusca (Raf.) Likhonos].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Robinson, J. P. et al. 2001. Taxonomy of the genus Malus Mill. (Rosaceae) with emphasis on the cultivated apple, Malus domestica Borkh. Pl. Syst. Evol. 226:35–58.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [= Pyrus fusca Raf.].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Way, R. D. et al. 1991. Apple (Malus). Acta Hort. 290:3–46. [cites as a diploid (2n=34) a not apomitic].
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Malus fusca.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Malus fusca.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Malus fusca.

Synonyms:

• (=) Malus diversifolia (Bong.) M. Roem.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Malus fusca var. diversifolia (Bong.) C. K. Schneid.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Malus rivularis (Douglas) M. Roem.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Pyrus diversifolia Bong.
  
• (≡) Pyrus fusca Raf. (basionym)
  
• (=) Pyrus rivularis Douglas
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Malus fusca (Raf.) C. K. Schneid.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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