Aronia ROSACEAE Amelanchier 



A. prunifolia (Marsh.) Rehder. (Pyrus arhutifoUa var. airopurpurea 

 (Britton) Robinson.) Purple-fruited Chokeberry. 



Infrequent in thickets and swampy woods, Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain. 



A. melanocarpa (Mx.) Ell. (Pyrus melanocarpa (Mx.) Willd.) 

 Black Chokeberry. 

 Infrequent in moist woods, throughout. May. 



Amelanchier Medic. Shad Bush. Service Berry. 



A. canadensis (L.) Medic. {A. oUongifolia of Gray's Man., ed. 7. 

 See Fernald: Rhodora 43, 559-567. 1941.) 



Frequent in thickets and low ground of the Coastal Plain. Late 

 April, early May. 



An alder-like shrub. 



A. arborea (Mx. f.) Fern. 



Frequent in rocky woods of the Piedmont; less common in woods 

 of the Coastal Plain, at least as far south as Sussex and Wicomico 

 Counties. Late April, May. 



Tree to 40 feet in height. 



A. laevis Wiegand. 



Infrequent; thickets and stream banks. New Castle and Cecil 

 Counties. Late April, May. 

 Shrub or small tree to 35 feet. 



A. stolonifera Wiegand. 



Rare with us: "Queen Anne's County," E. G. Vanatta, 17 April 

 1908 (A). 



Colonial and stoloniferous shrub to 5 feet, with erect and short 

 racemes; usually upland. 



A. obovalis (Mx.) Ashe. (See Fernald, 1. c.) 



Infrequent, or seldom collected, in thickets of the Coastal 

 Plain: along Barlow Branch, 1 mi. s. of Townsend (NC), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 3252, 20 April 1937 (T) ; along Plum Creek, 4 mi. s. w. of 

 Elkton (Ce), Long, 54322, 19 May 1940 (A); 4 mi. n. w. of Easton 

 (Ta), Earle, 3518, 25 April 1942 (P). Mid-April, May. 



Low and stoloniferous; Coastal Plain form of A. stolonifera. 



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