Malus angustifolia (Native)

Habitat: Open upland forests, woodlands, shrubby clearings, old fields, and fencerows; occasionally in alluvial or seasonally wet habitats. Infrequent but widespread in the southern and central Coastal Plain; infrequent to rare elsewhere in Virginia

Wildlife Value: Bees feed on pollen. Especially useful for bees because this tree blooms early. The small apples in late summer and fall are eaten by multiple birds and small woodland and neighborhood mammals (ex., opossums, squirrels, rabbits) of all kinds, including deer