Amelanchier nantucketensis
| Amelanchier nantucketensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Amelanchier |
| Species: | A. nantucketensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amelanchier nantucketensis E.P.Bicknell
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Amelanchier nantucketensis, also known as the Nantucket serviceberry or the Nantucket shadbush, produces edible fruit called pomes. Nantucket serviceberry is of conservation concern in the wild. Its distribution extends from Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard to Long Island.[2] There are scattered occurrences in Maryland, Virginia, Maine, and Nova Scotia.[1]
This shrub grows 2 to 5 feet tall.[1] It forms colonies by extending stolons. It produces cream-colored flowers and blue fruits. The plant grows in dry, sandy, sunny habitat, including pine barrens and grasslands.[2]
The plant is common on Nantucket.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Amelanchier nantucketensis. The Nature Conservancy.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Amelanchier nantucketensis. Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
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Categories:
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Amelanchier
- Flora of the Eastern United States
- Taxa named by Eugene P. Bicknell
- Plants described in 1911
- Maleae stubs