Long favored for their spring flowering displays, some non-native crabapple trees introduced into the North America from Asia and Siberia as ornamental trees and rootstock have escaped from cultivation and naturalized in parts of Canada and south into Missouri and Virginia. Three Malus species have been identified as invasive in natural areas in Arlington County and the City of Alexandria.

Invasive Malus hupehensis (Chinese crabapple) at the Arnold Arboretum.

Invasive Malus hupehensis (Chinese crabapple) fruit.

Invasive Malus floribunda (Japanese crabapple) in bloom.

Invasive Malus hupehensis (Chinese crabapple) fruit 

Invasive Malus baccata (Japanese crabapple) in bloom.

Invasive Malus baccata (Chinese crabapple) fruit 

2020 Invasive Plant Factsheet (Legal Size): Chinese, Japanese & Siberian Crabapples (Malus hupehensis, M. floribunda, M. baccata)