Yellow Haw

Specimen plant, screen plantings, sometimes with unusual or weeping form.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Thorns.

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit. 

Used as browse by deer and rabbits.

Dry sites. Open woods, mixed woods, sandy pinelands.

• Showy flowers, Thorns
• Larval food for hummingbird clearwing moth(Hemaris thysbe), striped hairstreak butterfly(Satyrium liparops), and blinded sphinx moth (Paonias excaecata).
• Attracts pollinators, especially important for native bees.