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Amelanchier bartramiana [2-flowered form]
Amelanchier bartramiana [3-flowered form]
Amelanchier bartramiana [4-flowered form]
Amelanchier cf. bartramiana
Amelanchier bartramiana × Amelanchier spicata
Amelanchier canadensis
Amelanchier cf. fernaldii
Amelanchier gaspensis
Amelanchier interior [inc. A. wiegandii]
Amelanchier intermedia
Amelanchier laevis
Amelanchier laevis × Amelanchier spicata
Amelanchier ×neglecta pro. sp. [A. bartramiana x A. laevis]
Amelanchier spicata

Amelanchier is a VERY DIFFICULT genus! It is still not completely understood.

Diploid taxa (which are sexual and self-incompatable) tend to be well characterized. However, polyploid taxa (which are primarily asexual, self-compatable, "apomicts", normally reproducing clonally via seeds) tend to be rather maddening. Moreover, many taxa (primarily the polyploids) hybridize readily.

It should also be appreciated that many individual plants/clones cannot be identified satisfactorily using purely morphological characters. The following treatment is thus very far from being satisfying, and is definitely a "WORK IN PROGRESS". It should be considered as such. All help towards improving the treatment will be greatly appreciated!

See the essential website provided by Christopher Campbell, the present authority on North American Amelanchier: Amelanchier Systematics and Evolution


For Newfoundland and Labrador, sets of "Diagnostic Characters" are provided, below, for each taxon apparently present.


A Basic Glossary:

ANASTOMOSING: Becoming indistinct owing to extensive branching

CUNEATE: Base of leaf tapered

GLABRATE: Very sparsely hairy

GLABROUS: Not hairy

HYPANTHIUM: Flower cup

IMBRICATE: Overlapping and curved, not folded

INFLORESCENCE: Flowering mass

LANCEOLATE: Spearhead-shaped - longish, curved-sided, sharply pointed, widest below middle

OBOVATE: More or less oval, but widest beyond middle

PEDICEL: Branch of inflorescence (qv.)

PETIOLE: Leaf stalk. RACHIS: Central stalk of inflorescence (qv.)

Amelanchier bartramiana (Tausch) M. Roemer [2-flowered form (most common)]  -  Bartram's Chuckley Pear - [NF] *

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Shrub of alder-like growth-form.

2. Height: To 2.5 m.

3. Flower bud: Sepals narrow, sharp-pointed, slightly sinuous, well-spaced.

4. Leaf bud: LEAVES IMBRICATE, not folded), slowly spreading with the maturation of the flower buds.

5. Inflorescence: TWO-FLOWERED (one terminal, one from axil of leaf).

6. Summit of ovary: CONICAL; tapering into style base, HAIRY.

7. Petals: VERY BROAD, oval to rounded.

8. Sepals: Medium-narrow triangular; spreading to slightly recurved; hairy in top.

9. Leaves at flowering: Opened, flattish, rather thin, smooth, and "bland-looking", only a few scattered hairs below and on petioles, tending to be greenish suffused with reddish (reddish especially towards edges and tip; sometimes all reddish)

10. Mature Leaves: Base usually CUNEATE. With age, leaves tending to be firmer and darker green, with less reddish. Petiole very SHORT. Mid-rib UNUSUALLY BROAD, at least towards base.

11. Fruit: Narrowish.

12. Substrate: ACIDIC, wettish.

13. Flowering Time: Last week of May to first two weeks of June (EARLIEST chuckly pear to flower in Newfoundland and Labrador).

14. Hybridizes with: A. intermedia

Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Old Track N of Markland Road. May 23, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
Flower
Flowers
Flowers with Ant
Flowers and Young Leaves, with Ant
Buds and Young Leaves [Note that the lower inflorescence has three flowers!]

Torbay, Newfoundland. Bauline Highway. Three Island Pond Road. Edge of woods. May 27, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Buds and Young Leaves
Buds and Young Leaves
Buds and Young Leaves
Leaf Bud
Young Leaves

Tilton, Newfoundland. Edge of woods. May 29, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Buds and Leaves
Buds and Leaves
Base of Leafy Shoot

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Near Logger's Museum at Beothuk Park. Edge of mixed woods. May 29, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Opening Flower
Budding Inflorescence

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Picco's Brook. Open edges of wood and fields. June 1, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Inflorescence
Flowering Branches
Flowering Branches

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Picco's Brook. Open woods and field edges. June 9, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flowers Starting to Wilt
Flowers and Leaves
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open edge of woods. June 9, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flowers
Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Edge of open woods, near pond. June 13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Developing Fruit
Leaves

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Windgap Road. Trail to Kittiwake cliff. Edge of open woods. June 19, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit and Leaves
Developing Fruit and Leaves
Leaf

Notre Dame Provincial Park, Trans Canada Highway S of Lewisporte, Newfoundland. Kittiwake Cabins area. Edge of open woods. July 6, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit and Leaves
Developing Fruit and Leaves
Developing Fruit and Leaves
Developing Fruit and Leaves
Leaf
Leaf
Leaves

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Amelanchier bartramiana (Tausch) M. Roemer [three-flowered form (second most common)]  -  Bartram's Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Shrub of alder-like growth-form.

2. Height: To 2.5 m.

3. Flower bud: Sepals narrow, sharp-pointed, slightly sinuous, well-spaced.

4. Leaf bud: Leaves IMBRICATE, not folded), slowly spreading with the maturation of the flower buds.

5. Inflorescence: THREE-FLOWERED (one terminal, one angled off terminal pedicel, one from axil of leaf).

6. Summit of ovary: CONICAL, tapering into style base, HAIRY.

7. Petals: VERY BROAD, oval to rounded.

8. Sepals: Medium-narrow triangular; spreading to slightly recurved; hairy in top.

9. Leaves at flowering: Opened, flattish, rather thin, smooth, and "bland-looking", only a few scattered hairs below and on petioles, tending to be greenish suffused with reddish (reddish especially towards edges and tip; sometimes all reddish)

10. Mature Leaves: Base usually CUNEATE. With age, leaves tending to be firmer and darker green, with less reddish. Petiole very SHORT. Mid-rib UNUSUALLY BROAD, at least towards base.

11. Fruit: Narrowish.

12. Substrate: ACIDIC, wettish.

13. Flowering Time: Last week of May to first two weeks of June (EARLIEST chuckly pear to flower in Newfoundland and Labrador).

14. Hybridizes with: A. intermedia

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Old Track near highway. Open shrubbery. May 22, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flowers
Flowers
Flower and Leaves
Flowering Branch
Bud, Closeup
Opening Buds
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Leaves

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. "Old track" near highway crossing. Open edge of woods. May 26, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Buds and Developing Leaves
Buds and Developing Leaves
Buds and Developing Leaves
Developing Leaves
Developing Leaves
Developing Leaves
Developing Leaves

South River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Upper Motion. Open edge of field, near fresh water. May 28, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Bud
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Leaf

Torbay, Newfoundland. Bauline Line. Three Island Pond. Open edge of woods. June 4, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower, Below
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Leaves
Whole Plant

Witless Bay, Newfoundland. Mickeleen's Path Trail. Open shore woods, near beginning of trail. June 4, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers and Leaves

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove. Open edge of woods. June 7-10, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flowers
Flowers
Flower and Leaf
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open edge of woods. June 9, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Developing Fruit, Closeup
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Leaves

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Trail to seabird cliff. Open edge of woods. June 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Inflorescence
Flowers and Leaves

Torbay, Newfoundland. Jones Pond Road. Edge of coniferous woods. June 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Buds
Inflorescence
Leaf

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Amelanchier bartramiana (Tausch) M. Roemer [4-flowered form (fairly rare)] [possibly a hybrid? - maybe with A. intermedia?]  -  Bartram's Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Trail to seabird cliff. Open edge of woods. June 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flowers
Flowers
Inflorescence
Leaves
Leaf
Flowering Branches
Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open edge of woods. June 13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit, and Leaves
Leaves

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Amelanchier cf. bartramiana (Tausch) M. Roemer  -  Bartram's Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Above beach on east side. Low shrubbery. Limestone area. June 24, 2013. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flowers
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flower and Leaves
Flower and Leaves
Flower, and Flower with Petals Dropped
Flower, Petals Dropped
Flower, Petals Dropped
Flower, Petals Dropped
Flowers, Petals Dropped
Flower, Petals Dropped
Flowers, Petals Dropped, and Leaves
Leaves

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Above beach on east side. Low shrubbery. Limestone area. July 6, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower and Leaves
Flower and Leaves
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Leaves

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Amelanchier canadensis (Linnaeus) Medicus - Canada Chuckly Pear, Canada Serviceberry [N]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Shrub of alder-like growth-form.

2. Height: to 10 m.

3. Flower bud: Sepals narrow, sharp-pointed.

4. Leaf bud: Leaves folded in bud.

5. Inflorescence: 4-10 FLOWERED. Rather SHORT and CLOSE. ERECT but tending to NOD. Rachis and pedicels DENSELY WHITE-HAIRY, that hairiness persisting.

6. Summit of ovary: Rounded, GLABROUS.

7. Petals: Medium width. Somewhat oblong and tapering to base, usually not oval.

8. Sepals: MEDIUM-NARROW to BROAD triangular, SPREADING, later becoming SOMEWHAT REFLEXED FROM BASE, HAIRY on top.

9. Hypanthium: HAIRY outside.

10. Leaves at flowering: Half-opened, half-grown, VERY HAIRY BELOW, slightly hairy above, predominently GREENISH ABOVE, sometimes lightly tinged with reddish (particularly along margins, especially when young)

11. Mature Leaves: Mostly GLABROUS below.

12. Substrate: NON-CALCAREOUS

Torbay, Newfoundland. Bauline Highway. Three Island Pond Road. Edge of woods. June 2, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowering Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence

Torbay, Newfoundland. Bauline Highway. Three Island Pond Road. Edge of woods. June 2, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flowers and Leaves
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Leaves
Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open shrubbery near pond, June 9, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers, Developing Fruit, Leaves, Ant
Wilting Petals, Developing Fruit
Wilting Petals, Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit, Leaf, Ant

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Picco's Brook. Open edges of wood and fields. June 9, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
Wilting Petals
Wilting Petals
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Meetinghouse Road. Edge of mixed woods. June 9, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower, Cutaway
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Leaf
Inflorescence, and Leaves
Inflorescence, and Leaves
Inflorescence, and Leaves
Inflorescence, and Leaves
Inflorescence, and Leaves
Plant in Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open shrubbery near pond, June 11, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers, Petals Shed
Bud
Buds
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Flowering Stem
Leaves and Twig
Leaf
Flowering Branches

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open shrubbery near pond, June 11, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Two Petals Removed
Flower, Two Petals Removed
Flower, Two Petals Removed
Flower, Cutaway
Flower
Flower
Flowers
Flowers, Sideview
Opening Buds
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leafy Twigs
Inflorescence and Leafy Twigs
Flowering Branches

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Cow farm road, off Main Highway, near Picco's Brook bridge. Open shrubbery in old pasture. June 11, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower Closeup, Cut-away
Flower Closeup, Cut-away
Flower Closeup
Flower Closeup
Flower
Flower
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescences, and Opening Leaves
Budding Inflorescences, and Opening Leaves
Budding Inflorescences, and Opening Leaves
Budding Inflorescences, and Opening Leaves
Opening Leaves
Opening Leaves
Opening Leaves
Opening Leaves
Flowering Branch

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Wind Gap Road. Trail to Kittiwake cliff. Open shrubbery at edge of coniferous woods. June 11, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower Opening
Flower Buds
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Whole Shrub

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Wind Gap Road. Trail to Kittiwake cliff. Open shrubbery at edge of coniferous woods. June 11, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescences and Leaves
Inflorescences and Leaves
Flowering Branches
Flowering Branches

St. John's, Newfoundland. Trail to Virginia Lake, from Carrick Drive. Open shrubbery near fork in trail nearing lake, June 11, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers
Wilting Petals, Developing Fruit
Wilting Petals, Developing Fruit
Tree in Habitat

Torbay, Newfoundland. Jones Pond Road. June 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flower with Petals Dropped
Summit of Ovary, and Pedicel
Young Leaves [note hairy undersides, green colour, and folding]
Young Leaves [note hairy undersides, green colour, and folding]
Older Leaf

St. John's, Newfoundland. Trail to Virginia Lake, from Carrick Drive. Open shrubbery near fork in trail nearing lake, June 13, 2015. (The photos were taken in a light rain, so the plant was quite wet) [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower Closeup, petals falling
Flower Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flower
Budding Inflorescence
Inflorescence and Opening Leaves
Inflorescence and Opening Leaves
Inflorescence and Opening Leaves
Flowering Branches
Opening Leaves
Whole Tree (about 5 metres tall)

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open shrubbery near pond, June 13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Wilting Petals
Wilting Petals
Inflorescence Structure
Inflorescence Structure
Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Signal Hill. Lower trail behind the GEO Centre. Open shrubbery. June 18, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower Closeup, petals fallen
Hypanthia
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescence and Leaves
Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Signal Hill. Lower trail behind the GEO Centre. Open shrubbery. June 18, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower Closeup, petals fallen
Flowers Closeup, petals fallen
Flowers Closeup, petals fallen
Flower Closeup, Side View, petals fallen
Hypanthium
Hypanthium
Hypanthium
Hypanthia
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence and Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaf, Top
Leaf, Bottom
Leaf, Bottom
Twig with Buds

Birchy Cove, Newfoundland. June 19, 2015. [Digital - A. Glen Ryan]

Flower
Flowers
Flower, Petals Fallen
Flowers, Petals Fallen
Flowers, Petals Fallen
Flowers, Petals Fallen
Lower Inflorescence, Petals Fallen
Inflorescence, Petals Fallen
Inflorescence, Petals Fallen
Inflorescences, Petals Fallen, and Leaves
Inflorescences, Petals Fallen, and Leaves
Inflorescences, Petals Fallen, and Leaves
Pedicels and Petioles
Leaf, Underside
Leaf, Upperside

Pond north of Cape Broyle, Newfoundland. June 27, 2015. [Digital - A. Glen Ryan]

Flower
Flowers, Petals Dropped
Flowers, Petals Dropped
Bud, Pedicels, Leaves
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence, and Leaves
Young Leaf, Underside
Leaf Undersides
Leaf Uppersides
Leaves

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Cow farm road, off Main Highway, near Picco's Brook bridge. Open shrubbery in old pasture. July 28, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescences and Leaves
Infruitescences and Leaves
Infruitescences and Leaves (note underside)
Infruitescences and Leaves (note underside)
Infruitescences and Leaves (note cedar apple rust infection)
Infruitescences and Leaves (note cedar apple rust infection)
Infruitescences and Leaves (note cedar apple rust infection)
Infruitescences and Leaves (note cedar apple rust infection)
Infruitescences and Leaves (note cedar apple rust infection)
Leaf, Top
Leaf, Top
Leaf, Bottom
Leaf, Bottom
Leaves, Bottoms
Leaves, Bottoms
Leaves, Bottoms
Leaves, Bottoms
Fruiting Branch
Fruiting Branch
Fruiting Branch

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Amelanchier cf. fernaldii Wiegand [VERY TENTATIVE identification - Final identification pending]  -  Fernald's Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Suckering shrub.

2. Height: to 1 M.

3. Leaf Bud: Leaves folded.

4. Inflorescence: 3-10 FLOWERED, SPREADING, LOOSE. Rachis and pedicels NOT HAIRY.

5. Summit of ovary: Rounded, DENSELY HAIRY.

6. Petals: Oval to broadly oblanceolate and tapering to base, MEDIUM WIDTH. 7. Sepals: Longish triangular, irregularly SPREADING TO ERECT, may or may not be hairy on top.

8. Hypanthium: NOT HAIRY outside.

9. Leaves at flowering: Half-opened, NOT HAIRY BELOW, GREENISH ABOVE.

10: Mature Leaves: Teeth per side 15-35. Vein number 7-13. Veins ANASTOMOSING near margins.

11. Substrate: Often CALCAREOUS.

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Below paper mill. Edge of Exploits River. Shrubbery. Some limestone influence. July 10, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries
Berries
Fruiting Infruitescence
Fruiting Infruitescence
Fruiting Infruitescence
Leaf
Leaf

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Downriver from paper mill. Trail along edge of Exploits River. Shrubbery. Some limestone influence. July 28, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaves
Leaves
Berry
Berry
Berry

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Amelanchier gaspensis (Wiegand) Fernald and Weatherby  -  Gaspé Chuckley Pear - [NF] *

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Suckering shrub.

2. Height: to 1+ m.

3. Inflorescence: ERECT or ASCENDING, loose and open. Rachis and pedicels GLABROUS or nearly so.

4. Summit of Ovary: Densely HAIRY.

5. Sepals: GLABROUS, or with tuft of hair near tip.

6. Hypanthium: More or less CONSTRICTED above, rim extended above ovary.

7. Leaves at Flowering: UNFOLDING BEFORE flowers. GLABROUS BELOW, or nearly so. GREEN.

8. Mature Leaves: Variously ROUNDED to OVAL. Leaf veins 6-13; at least the UPPER ONES RUNNING INTO THE LEAF TEETH. Leaf teeth 5-20 per side (on fruiting branches). Veins 6-13, UPPER ones usually ENTERING TEETH, the others ANASTOMOSING.

9. Substrate: mostly CALCAREOUS 10. Comparisons: Similar to A. sanguinea [which apparently does not occur] which has leaf veins 11-15, leaf teeth 20-30 per side

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Rocky Brook, across Exploits River, opposite paper mill. Shrubby shore of rocky brook. Some limestone influence. July 5, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fruit
Fruit
Fruit
Fruit
Leaves and Fruit
Leaves and Fruit
Leaves and Fruit
Fruiting Branch
Fruiting Branch
Leaf
Leaf

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Amelanchier cf. interior Nielson [sensu stricto] [This is a primarily CENTRAL (ie. "interior") North American form which may or may not occur in NL. Reference "A. wiegandii" sensu Nielson (next entry). Final identification pending]  -  Interior Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Straggling shrub. NOT stoloniferous.

2. Height: to 10 m.

3. Leaf bud: Leaves folded.

4. Inflorescence: 4-12 FLOWERED, LOOSE, NODDING. Rachis and pedicels GLABROUS or nearly so.

5. Summit of ovary: Rounded, DENSELY HAIRY.

6. Petals: OBOVATE.

7. Sepals: triangular, acuminate, BECOMING REFLEXED, HAIRY BECOMING GLABRATE on top.

8. Hypanthium: NOT HAIRY outside.

9. Leaves during flowering: OPENED BEFORE FLOWERS, but not fully-grown, SPARSELY HAIRY becoming glabrate. GREEN.

10. Mature Leaves: Teeth per side 20-30. Vein number 7-12, ANASTOMOSING.

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Coniferous woods, along trail near pond. June 11, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower and Leaf
Flowers
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flower, Petals Dropped
Flower, Petals Dropped
Leaf
Flowering Branch
Whole Plant in Habitat

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Amelanchier cf. interior Nielson [sensu A. wiegandii Nielson; the latter MAY OR MAY NOT be a separate entity] [Final identification pending]  -  Wiegand's Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Arching shrub. Not stoloniferous.

2. Height: to 10 m.

3. Leaf Bud: Leaves folded.

4. Inflorescence: 6-12 FLOWERED, LOOSE, DROOPING, rachis and pedicels GLABROUS or nearly so.

5. Summit of ovary: rounded, DENSELY HAIRY especially at base of style.

6. Petals: linear to NARROW obovate.

7. Sepals: acute, TIGHTLY REFLEXED FROM BASE, HAIRY becoming glabrate on top.

8. Hypanthium (flower cup): NOT HAIRY outside.

9. Leaves at Flowering: UNFOLDING, SPARSELY HAIRY becoming almost glabrous, REDDISH-BRONZE TO PURPLE.

10. Mature Leaves: Dark purplish-red in Fall. Veins 9-11, RUNNING INTO SERRATIONS.

St. John's, Newfoundland. Trail behind GEO Centre. June 8, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower, Petals Fallen
Hypanthium
Leaf Tip
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
Petioles
Petioles
Leaf and Flowers
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Plant in Habitat

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Meetinghouse Road. Edge of coniferous woods. June 11, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flowers
Flowers
Flower and Leaves
Flower and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Leaves and Flower
Unfolding Leaf
Leaf

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Amelanchier intermedia Spach  -  Intermediate Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Tall, suckering shrub, 2-7 m.

2. Flower Buds: Sepals narrow, sharp-pointed.

3. Leaf Buds: Leaves folded in bud.

4. Inflorescence: 4-9 FLOWERED (average ca. 5), ERECT, COMPACT, rachis and pedicels MAY BE SILKY-HAIRY in flower, that hairiness declining.

5. Summit of ovary: Rounded, GLABROUS.

6. Petals: Somewhat oblong-linear and tapering to base, NOT OVAL, medium-narrow width.

7. Sepals: Medium-narrow triangular, spreading, woolly to lightly hairy in top. Ascending to recurving; ERECT in fruit

8. Hypanthium: Sparingly hairy to GLABROUS outside.

9. Leaves at flowering: HALF-OPENED OR MORE, SPARSELY-HAIRY BELOW, not hairy above, lightly to heavily TINGED WITH REDDISH (particularly along margins, especially when young).

10. Mature Leaves: Veins 7-12, irregular, ANASTOMOSING.

11. Substrate: often CALCAREOUS

12. Hybridizes with A. bartramiana

St. John's, Newfoundland. Waterford River. Open woods on river floodplain. June 7, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Wilting Petals
Wilting Petals
Developing Fruit, Close-up
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Leaves
Leaves
Whole Tree

Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland. Trails behind the GEO Centre. Shrubby. June 8, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flower
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence, and Unfolding Leaves
UnfoldingLeaf
UnfoldingLeaf
Unfolding Leaves
Unfolding Leaves
Unfolding Leaves
Unfolding Leaves
Unfolding Leaves

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Meetinghouse Road, extension. Open woods and shrubbery. June 9, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flowers
Flower, Side View
Inflorescence and Leaves
Inflorescences and Leaves
Inflorescences and Leaves
Folded Leaf Edge and Teeth
Leaves
Shrub in Habitat

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Trail to seabird cliff. Open edge of woods. June 13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower Parts, Closeup
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flowers
Inflorescence
Leaf Edge
Leaf
Leaf
Flowering Branches
Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Open edge of woods. June 13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Wilting Petals
Wilting Petals
Developing Fruit
Structure of Inflorescence
Leaves
Leaves

South River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Upper Motion. Open edge of field, near fresh water. June 14, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Leaves
Leaves

South River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Upper Motion. Open edge of field, near fresh water. June 14, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Developing Fruits
Leaves and Developing Fruit
Leaves and Developing Fruit
Leaves and Developing Fruit
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland. Trails behind the GEO Centre. Descending Path. Shrubby. June 18, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit, Closeup
Developing Fruit, Closeup
Developing Fruit, Closeup
Developing Fruit, Closeup
Developing Fruit, Closeup
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruits
Developing Fruits
Developing Fruits
Developing Fruits
Developing Fruits
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence and Leaves
Leaf Edge
Leaf
Leaves and Petioles
Leaves and Petioles

Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland. Trails behind the GEO Centre. Lower Trail. Shrubby. June 18, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Inflorescence, Developing Fruit
Inflorescence, Developing Fruit
Inflorescence, Developing Fruit, and Leaves
Fruiting Branch

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Amelanchier cf. laevis [Final identification pending]  -  Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. TREE or LARGE SHRUB.

2. Height: to 17 m.

3. Leaf bud: Leaves folded in bud.

4. Inflorescence: 4-11 FLOWERED, FLEXUOUS TO DROOPING. Rachis and pedicels GLABROUS or nearly so.

5. Summit of ovary: Rounded, GLABROUS.

6. Petals: SHOWY. Linear, oblong, NARROW.

7. Sepals: Lanceolate, acuminate, ABRUPTLY REFLEXED FROM BASE, lightly hairy in top. REFLEXED in fruit.

8. Hypanthium: GLABROUS outside.

9. Leaves at flowering: HALF-OPENED, HALF-GROWN, GLABROUS or with slight hairiness below, REDDISH ABOVE.

10. Mature Leaves: POINTED. DARK GREEN above. Teeth 35-46 per side. Veins 12-17, plus short intermediate veins, ANASTOMOSING.

11. Hybrids: with A. bartramiana and A. sanguinea

Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Stef's Housekeeping Units. Urban garden. July 7, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fruit
Fruit
Leaf
Fruit and Edge of Leaf
Fruit and Leaves
Fruit and Leaves
Fruit and Leaves
Fruit and Leaves
Fruit and Leaves
Habitat

Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland. Trails behind the GEO Centre. Lower Trail. Shrubby. June 22, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Inflorescence, Developing Fruit
Inflorescence, Developing Fruit

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Amelanchier cf. ×neglecta (Lamarck) K. Koch pro. sp. [hybrid origin: A. bartramiana x A. laevis] [final identification pending]  -  Neglected Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. Slender shrub. 1-3 m.

2. Leaves in Bud: INTERLOCKED, not imbricate or folded.

2. Inflorescence: 4-10-flowered. Short. Erect.

3. Summit of Ovary: Densely HAIRY.

4. Petals: Narrowly-oval.

5. Sepals: Linear lanceolate. HAIRY on top. Soon RECURVED or REFLEXED.

6. Leaves in flower: Unfolded and more or les half-grown. Sparsely hairy to glabrous below. May have LOBED LEAF MARGINS.

7. Mature Leaves: Teeth 20-30, Veins 7-11, ANASTOMOSING.

8. Hybrids: Apparently of "hybrid origin" - parents supposedly A. bartramiana and A. laevis. Characteristics apparently intermediate between the two. DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH.

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Amelanchier spicata (Lamarck) K. Koch [Our form may be = A. stolonifera Wiegand; = Amelanchier lucida Fernald]  -  Running Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Diagnostic Characters:

1. LOW, suckering shrub.

2. Height: To 2 m.

3. Leaf bud: Leaves folded in bud.

4. Inflorescence: 4-10 FLOWERED, SHORT, DENSE, ERECT, rachis and pedicels HAIRY becoming glabrous.

5. Summit of ovary: Rounded, DENSELY HAIRY.

6. Petals: Narrowly OVATE.

7. Sepals: Triangular lanceolate, acute, REFLEXED OR RECURVING FROM MIDDLE, HAIRY on top.

8. Hypanthium: MAY BE HAIRY at BASE. CONSTRICTED in young Fruit.

9. Leaves at flowering: HALF-OPENED, HALF-GROWN, DENSELY HAIRY BELOW, becoming glabrous. GREEN, or sometimes bronze.

10. Mature Leaves: Teeth per side 20-30. Veins 7-11, upcurved, becoming INDISTINCT.

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Along old railbed near highway. Edge of woods. May 28, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Leaves
Flowering Branch
Flowering Branch

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. May 29, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flowers
Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Hawke Hills, near the Holyrood Access Road junction with the Trans Canada Highway, Newfoundland. Alpine barrens. June 10, 2015. [Digital - A. Glen Ryan]

Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup, petals falling
Flower Hypanthium from below
Flowers Opening, Side View, showing pedicels
Flower
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Flowering Branch
Leaf Underside
Flowering Branch, with Leaves

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Amelanchier cf. spicata (Lamarck) K. Koch [Our form may be = A. stolonifera Wiegand; = Amelanchier lucida Fernald]  -  Running Chuckley Pear - [NF]

Near Lewisporte Junction, Newfoundland. Notre Dame Provincial Park. Vicinity of Kittiwake Cabins. Open woods and shrubbery. July 6, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescence and Leaves
Fruiting Branch
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
Leaves
Leaves
Shrub in Habitat
General Habitat

Near Lewisporte Junction, Newfoundland. Notre Dame Provincial Park. Vicinity of Kittiwake Cabins. Open woods and shrubbery. July 6, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescence
Infruitescence
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Shrub in Habitat

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Amelanchier sp. [Final identification pending]  -  - [NF]

Dildo Run Saltmarsh, just south of L. R. Curtis Causeway, Newfoundland. Opposite Cottle's Island Lumber Company sawmill. July 17, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries

South River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Upper Motion. Open edge of field, near fresh water. May 28, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Developing Fruit
Leaf

South River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Upper Motion, near outlet. Along fenceline. June 30, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescences and Leaves
Leaf

Burgeo, Newfoundland. Sandbanks Provincial Park. Shrubby dunes. July 15, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit, and Leaves
Developing Fruit, and Leaves
Leaves
Twigs and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Waterford River. Open woods on river floodplain. June 7, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers

Torbay, Newfoundland. Bauline Line. Three Island Pond. Open edge of woods. June 2, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
Buds
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescences
Whole Plant

Mobile, Newfoundland. East Coast Trail just north of cove. Edge of old fields. June 3, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup, Cutaway
Flower, Closeup, Cutaway
Flower, Closeup, Cutaway
Flower, Closeup
Flower, Closeup
Flower
Flowers
Bud
Bud
Budding Inflorescence
Flowering Branch
Flowering Branches
Leaves, Folded
Leaves
Habitat

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Along old railbed near highway. Edge of woods. May 26, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence
Budding Inflorescence

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Along old railbed near highway. Edge of woods. June 18, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruits
Infruitescence
Infruitescence
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescence and Leaves
Leaf Closeup and Teeth
Leaf Closeup and Teeth
Leaf Closeup and Teeth
Leaf Closeup and Teeth
Leaf Closeup and Teeth
Leaf
Leaf
Leaves
Tree in Habitat

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Along old railbed near highway. Edge of woods. June 18, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves
Infruitescences and Leaves
Infruitescences and Leaves
Leaf

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Along old railbed near highway. Edge of woods. June 18, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescence
Folded Leaf
Leaf
Leaves
Fruiting Branches

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Windgap Road. Trail to Kittiwake Cliff. Shrubbery. June 19, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Inflorescence
Unfolding Leaf
Leaf

Flatrock, Newfoundland. Windgap Road. Trail to Kittiwake Cliff. Shrubbery. June 19, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fruit
Developing Fruit
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves
Unfolding Leaf
Mature Leaf

Burgeo, Newfoundland. Inspiration Road. Roadside shrubbery. July 15, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flower, Closeup
Flower
Buds and Young Leaves
Developing Fruit, and Leaves
Developing Fruit, and Leaves

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