White and Greenish 



Red Choke-berry; Dogberry Tree 



(Aronia arbutifolid) Apple family 

 (Pyrus arbutifolia of Gray) 



Flowers White or magenta tinged, y 2 in. across or less, in ter- 

 minal, compound cymes, finally overtopped by young sterile 

 shoots. Calyx 5-lobed, hairy ; 5 concave, spreading petals ; 

 stamens numerous ; 3 to 5 styles united at base ; ovary 

 woolly. Stem: Shrubby, branching, usually low, rarely 12 

 ft. high. Leaves : Alternate, petioled, oval to oblong, finely 

 cut-edged, smooth above, matted with woolly hairs under- 

 neath. Fruit: Small, round or top-shaped, bright red 

 berries. 



Preferred Habitat Swamps, low ground, wet thickets. 



Flowering Season March May. 



Distribution Nova Scotia to Gulf of Mexico, westward to the 

 Mississippi. 



Another common species often found in the same haunts, 

 the Black Choke-berry (A. nigra), with similar flowers, the berries 

 very dark purple, was formerly confounded with the red choke- 

 berry. But because it sometimes elects to live in dry ground its 

 leaves require no woolly mat on the underside to absorb vapors 

 arising from wet retreats. (See Steeple-bush, p. 96.) No wonder 

 that the insipid little berries, related to apples, pears, and other 

 luscious fruits, should share with a cousin, the mountain ash, or 

 rowan, the reproachful name of dogberry. 



June-berry; Service-berry; May-cherry 



(Amelanchier Canadensis) Apple family 



Flowers Pure white, over I in. across, on long, slender pedicels, 

 in spreading or drooping racemes, with silky, reddish bracts, 

 early falling, among them. Calyx persistent, 5-parted; 5 

 long, narrow, tapering petals, 3 or 4 times the length of calyx; 

 numerous stamens inserted on calyx throat; 2 to 5 styles, 

 hairy at base. Stem : A large shrub or tree, usually much less 

 than 25 ft. high, rarely twice that height, wood very hard and 

 heavy. Leaves : Alternate, oval, tapering at tip, finely saw- 

 edged, smooth (like the pear tree's), often hairy when young. 

 Fruit: Round, crimson, sweet, edible, seedy berries, ripe in 

 June and July. 



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