Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amelanchier obovalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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This shrub is often noticed by its habit of occurring in dense, almost circular stands of waist-high bushes along the edges of pocosins and bays, as well as in streamhead pocosins. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amelanchier obovalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amelanchier canadensis var. obovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Amelanchier obovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier obovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-003:
Amelanchier obovalis FAMILY Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Serviceberry, Pocosin Shadbush, Coastal Serviceberry
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Will Stuart wil_5549990868_303ff1da1b
March Anson County NC
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Racemes erect. Pedicels about equal in length. Petals oblong, strap-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_8452473893_7936360da9
March
Bud scales hairy over majority of surface, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Will Stuart wil_8453565892_5b13951625
March
Often single-stemmed shrub by streams & in Sandhills lower, more mesic areas. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil5549990868_303ff1da1bb
March Anson County NC
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Sepals ovate to lanceolate, spreading, base pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_a_obovalis_078
April Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amelanchier obovalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amelanchier obovalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amelanchier canadensis var. obovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Amelanchier obovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier obovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-003:
Amelanchier obovalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
2605
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pocosins, pine savannas, organic soil mats on granitic domes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
(rarely pinkish)
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Purple
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p306
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p241
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p313
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p131
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p070
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p056
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p168
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