ENTS, I am wondering if any of you know if hawthorns can or commonly reproduce by root spreading? I have noticed that hawthorns tend to grow in tight clumps. I can see how trees grow from their seeds would tend to form clumps and trees from seeds are also likely the explanation for scattered individual hawthorn trees. But I do wonder about the clusters of similar sized hawthorn trees/bushes. They are very reminiscent in structure to that of staghorn sumac and rhododendron clusters which are formed as clonally colonies from root sprouts.
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