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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

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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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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Bud scales hairy over majority of surface, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Often single-stemmed shrub by streams & in Sandhills lower, more mesic areas. — Will Stuart

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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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April    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
Amelanchier obovalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-003:
Amelanchier obovalis   FAMILY Rosaceae