Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 



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Servicebebrt. 

 Leaves, flowers and fruit, X %. 

 (From Trees of Vermont, p. 68). 



Two things — aside 

 from their small size — • 

 which preclude more 

 general use of the wild 

 berries at present are 

 their irregularity in 

 time of ripening and the 

 promptness of the birds 

 in harvesting them. 

 The shrubby shad- 

 bushes may be dis- 

 tinguished by the fol- 

 lowing characters : 



Flowers 1-4, leaves acute at base, fruit pear-shaped or ellipsoidal 



Mountain shadbush. 

 Flowers 5 to many, leaves obtuse or cordate at base, fruit 



globose 2 



Leaves finely serrate or entire, flowers early in May. 



Early or rock shadbush. 

 Leaves coarsely serrate, flowers 2 weeks or more later. 



Late or shore shadbush. 



ROCK SHAD-BUSH. AmelancMer oblongifolia (T. & G.) Roem. 



This species is more commonly found as a small low shrub 

 in rocky woods, although it sometimes occurs several feet high. 

 The young leaves and racemes are densely white hairy ; the leaves 

 are oblong, rounded at the ends ; and the fruit is ripe in June and 



July. 



SHORE SHAD-BUSH. Amelafichier spicata (Lam.) Koch. {A. 

 rotundifolia Roem.) 



This shrub is sometimes lo or I2 feet high and is of more 

 northern range than is the last. It is commonly found on rocky 

 shores. This is the late-flowering and fruiting shad, with 

 coarsely toothed leaves. It fruits from August to September. 



