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ROSACEAE 



Anu'hiiu'liier cjiiiaclpiisis (Tj.) Medic* 



Shad Bush, Serviceberry, Juneberry 



Habit— A small tree 20-30 foot in lioiulit with a liiiiik diaiuotor of (;-12 

 iiichos, occasionally under optimum <'(iiiditions .jO feet tall, at times 

 shrubby and fastif^iatcly branched. Trunk long, slender, usually straight 

 and with slight taper. Crown iiairow, oblong, roun(l-to]i|)ed, <lonse wilh 

 many slender branches. 



Leaves — Alternate, obovate to oblong or ovate-oval, l%-4 inches long, 

 %-2 inches wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, cordate or rounded 

 at the base, sharply and somewhat doubly serrate, at maturity thick, firm, 

 glabrous, dull dark green above, paler and slightly pubescent on the veins 

 bouoatli. borne on sloudor petiok's V^-1 inch long. 



Flowers — Ajjpoaring in Ajiril and May when the leaves are .-ibout one-third 

 grown, perfect, V2-I inch l)i-oad, borne on slender bibracte(ilate ])edicels 

 V^-1 inch long in erect or lax, tomentose racemes 3-4 incdios long. Calyx- 

 tube cami)anulate, (juito smooth, ;")-lobod, the lobes oblong-triangular, acute 

 or obtuse, tomentose at least above. Petals white, linear-oblong or some- 

 what obovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, inserted on the calyx-tube, 

 %-% of an inch long. Stamens usually 20, shorter than the petals, 

 the subulate filaments bearing oblong yellow anthers. Ovary smooth, 

 inferior, 5-eelled. Styles 3-5, connate below, bearing terminal stigmas. 



Fruit — A globose, berry-like, glaucous, bright red pome, Vsr-Yz of an incli 

 in diameter, marked at the apex by the persistent calyx-lobes and stamen- 

 filaments, borne on slender pedicels %-ly3 of an inch long, ripening 

 in June or July and turning pui"plish red. Flesh dry, rather tasteless. 

 Seeds numerous, snuill. 



Winter characters — T^N-igs slender, somewhat zigzag, smooth but usually 

 covered with a thin, grayish, evanescent outer layer, reddish brown with 

 small minute lenticels, at length dark reddish brown. Terminal bud 

 narrowly ovate to conical, acuminate, greenish or purplish brown, hairy 

 at the apex and along the scale-margins, Vi-^/L> of an inch long. Lateral 

 buds on \'igorous twigs normal, smaller than the terminal bud, somewhat 

 divergent. On slow-growing twigs the lateral buds are often rudimentary. 

 Mature bark thin, smooth, grayish brown, on older trees divided by 

 shallow fissures in narrow, scaly, longitudinal ridges. 



Habitat — Dry banks and hillsides, open upland woods and limestone ridges, 

 seemingly preferring calcareous soils. 



Range — New Hampshire westward to loAva, Kansas and Missouri, southward 

 to Georgia and Louisiana. Zones A, B, and C. 



Uses — Not a timber species because of its small size. Wood hard, heavy, 

 strong, close-grained, dark brown often tinged with red, with thick, paler 

 sapwood. Occasionally used for tool handles and in the manufacture of 

 fishrods. The showy white flowers whiidi appear in dense masses in early 

 spring before the leaves have become green, reiulor this species of orna- 

 mental value. The fruit is a favorite food of birds. 



• A second arborescent species of Amrlniichirr. .1. liicris Wicjr.. lias been rpi)orted 

 as occnrrins within the borders of New York State. This is found in moist, nion' 

 protected places in reviiies and s(>rKes, seeniinfr to avoid excessive isolation, and dif- 

 fers from .4. raiinfloisiti in that the folia.irc has a bronze cast at blossom time (in 

 i'ontvast to the whitctonicntosc foliasc of tlie otlier form I . in its looser racemes 

 Willi loHKcr llowcr i>e<li(els and iieials, and in the larger, louf^er-sl allied fniil. 



