Malus ioensis (Prairie Crab Apple) Native Cover Crop Seeding Rate: 95 lb/acre (1054

Seeding Rate: 95 lb/acre (1054

Pairs of coarse-toothed leaves meet at and surround the square stem

Photo 2: by Nadiatalent

Yellow to orange-red-purple fall foliage and scarlet fruit provide fall and winter interest and food source for overwintering birds

Malus ioensis (Prairie Crab Apple) Native Cover Crop Seeding Rate: 95 lb/acre (1054Malus ioensis (Prairie Crab Apple) is fantastic in bloom with magenta flower buds open to pink white flowers. The fruit is very popular with a myriad of wildlife. This shrub or understory tree would have been found in open woodlands, woodland edges, thickets, and prairies, but it has largely decreased in populations with habitat loss. Unfortunately, prairie crabapple is susceptible to many foliar diseases and can tend to lose its leaves early in the