. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES SHADBUSHES: Leaves toothed, with rounded or heart- shaped bases. Leafstalks well developed. Bark of larger specimens often with interlacing stripes. Fruit berry-like, in tree-like clusters, 10- seeded, edible. ,'- zjwbi RUNNING SHADBUSH Amelanchier stolonifera Leaves becoming hairless, sometimes almost circular, mostly with only 5-7 pairs of main side veins. Small upright shrub up to meters high, forming colonies by underground runners. Dry, sterile, open ground. Uncommon. THICKET SHADBUSH Amelanchier ca
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES SHADBUSHES: Leaves toothed, with rounded or heart- shaped bases. Leafstalks well developed. Bark of larger specimens often with interlacing stripes. Fruit berry-like, in tree-like clusters, 10- seeded, edible. ,'- zjwbi RUNNING SHADBUSH Amelanchier stolonifera Leaves becoming hairless, sometimes almost circular, mostly with only 5-7 pairs of main side veins. Small upright shrub up to meters high, forming colonies by underground runners. Dry, sterile, open ground. Uncommon. THICKET SHADBUSH Amelanchier canadensis Leaves often blunt-tipped, very hairy beneath at flowering time but becoming mostly hairless, rounded (not distinctly heart-shaped) at base. Flower petals only 6-10 mm. long. Thickets, shores, swampy or low open places. Common. SMOOTH SHADBUSH Amelanchier laevis Leaves with short-tapered tips, hairless beneath (nearly so at flowering time), rounded or somewhat heart-shaped at base. New leaves often with reddish or purplish cast. Flower petals 1-2 cm. long. Sometimes a small tree. Open woods, thickets, roadsides. Uncommon. DOWNY SHADBUSH Amelanchier arborea Leaves with short-tapered tips, hairy beneath even after flowering time at least near base, heart-shaped or rounded at base. Leaf teeth long and wide-spreading Flower petals cm. long. Fruit dry, tasteless. Sometimes a tree. Dry, often rich, woods, thickets. Rare. (PRINTS FULL SIZE). SHADBUSH 80. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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