Spiraea ROSACEAE Aronia 



S. tomentosa L. Steeple Bush. 



Common in low ground of the Coastal Plain, from the Fall Line 

 to the Virginia boundary. Mid-July, Aug. 



Exochorda Lindl. 



E. racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder. (E. grandiflora Hooker.) 



A rare escape from cultivation : open place by highway, near the 

 south end of Drawyers Creek bridge, at Old Drawyers Church, 1 

 mi. n. of Odessa (NC), E. H. Walker, 3304, 1 May 1942 (T). 

 Introd. from China. 



Gillenia Moench. 



G. trifoliata (L.) Moench. Bowman's Root. 



Infrequent, in the Piedmont province, preferring rich woodlands. 

 Late May to mid-July. 



Pyrus L. Pear, 



P. communis L. Common Pear. 



"Near Mt. Cuba, naturaUzed along roads, etc." (NC), Canhy, 

 in 1897 (D). Introd. from Europe. 



Malus Hill. Apple. 



M. angustifolia Mx. (Pyrus angustifolia of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 

 Narrow-leaved Crab Apple. 



Infrequent on coastal sands, Sussex and Worcester Counties; 

 rare elsewhere: thicket 1 mi. n. of Green Spring (NC), Long, 54895, 

 28 July 1940 (A); Messongo (Ac), Ellis Mears in 1883 (A). May. 



M. coronaria (L.) Mill. (Pyrus coronaria L.) Wild Crab Apple. 



Frequent in thickets and on river banks in the northern counties; 

 infrequent on borders of salt marshes along the Atlantic coast, from 

 Rehoboth (S) to FrankUn City (Ac). May. 



M. pumila Mill. (Pyrus Malus L.) Apple. 



Frequently growing unplanted in hedgerows. Introd. from 

 Europe. 



Aronia Pers. Chokeberry. 



A. arbutifolia Ell. (Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f.) Red Chokeberry. 

 Common throughout, in swamps and wet thickets. May. 



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