Rosaceae
Oregon crab apple
Malus fusca
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- تفاح أغبس, تفاح نهري
- arz
- تفاح اغبس
- Azerbaijani
- Boz alma
- Bulgarian
- Кафява ябълка
- Chinese
- 褐果海棠
- Czech
- Jabloň hnědá
- Danish
- Oregonæble
- English
- Oregon crab apple, Pacific crabapple, Oregon crabapple, Western crabapple
- Finnish
- Oregoninomenapuu
- German
- Alaska-Apfel
- Igbo
- Oregon crab apple, Oregon crabapple, Pacific crabapple, Western crabapple
- Latvian
- Brūnā ābele
- Russian
- Яблоня бурая
- Uzbek
- Jigarrang olma
Synonyms
- Malus baccata subsp. fusca (Raf.) Likhonos
- Malus diversifolia (Bong.) M.Roem.
- Malus fusca var. diversifolia (Bong.) C.K.Schneid.
- Malus fusca var. fusca
- Malus fusca var. levipes (Nutt.) C.K.Schneid.
- Malus rivularis (Douglas ex Hook.) M.Roem.
- Malus rivularis var. diversifolia (Bong.) Koehne
- Malus rivularis var. levipes Koehne
- Malus subcordata (Ledeb.) M.Roem.
- Pyrus diversifolia Bong.
- Pyrus fusca Raf.
- Pyrus fusca var. diversifolia (Bong.) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus fusca var. levipes (Nutt.) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus fusea Raf.
- Pyrus rivularis Douglas
- Pyrus rivularis Douglas ex Hook.
- Pyrus rivularis unranked diversifolia (Bong.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Pyrus rivularis var. levipes Nutt.
- Pyrus subcordata Ledeb.
- Sinomalus fusca (Raf.) Rushforth
- Sorbus rivularis (Douglas ex Hook.) H.Hara
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Metacladistics, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Metacladistics, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.