SHADBUSH

Juneberry, or serviceberry, any species of the genus Amelanchier of the family Rosaceae (rose family), chiefly North American shrubs or trees conspicuous in the early spring for their white blossoms. The bush is more often called shadbush on the East Coast (it is said to bloom when the shad are running); serviceberry is in general a Western name. The huckleberrylike fruits of native species were eaten by the Native Americans and are still sometimes collected. They are an important wildlife food. Some kinds of shadbush are cultivated for ornament. The wood is very hard. Shadbushes are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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books on: Shadbush  - 41 results

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Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois
Book by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Southern Illinois University Press, 1975
Subjects: Botany--Illinois, Plants--Identification
...A. laevis 1. A. humilis Wieg. Low Shadbush. May-June. Rocky or sandy soil...2. A. arborea Michx. f. Fern. Shadbush. March-May. Wooded slopes and bluffs...the state. 3. A. interior Nielsen. Shadbush. June. Bogs and wet woods, rare...
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Oliver Wiswell
Book by Kenneth Roberts; Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940
Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Fiction
...quicker. . . . Look, Oliver: I told Nathan to put shadbushes on either side of your front door, and hes done so. . . . Henrietta says a shadbush brings good luck. . . . She says a shadbush on either side of your front door is the same as a...
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In Search of Swampland: A Wetland Sourcebook and Field Guide
Book by Ralph W. Tiner; Rutgers University Press, 2005
Subjects: Wetlands--Lake States, Wetlands--Northeastern States
...fruits Blueberry, Cranberry, Dangleberry, Huckleberry, Shadbush, Blackberry, Chokeberry, Wild Raisin, May Apple, Paw Paw...Cranberry, Wild Raisin, Chokeberry, Blueberry, Huckle- berry, Shadbush Flowers (fried in fritters) Elderberry Flowers (candied...
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The Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin, New York: Vascular Plants
Book by Karl M. Wiegand, Arthur J. Eames; Cornell University, 1926
Subjects: Botany--New York (State)--Cayuga Lake
...ed. 7. A. c. , var. oblongifolia , of Cayuga Fl. SHADBUSH.Dry exposed hedgerows, ravine crests, and slopes, in gravelly...A. canadensis of Grays Man. , ed. 7, and of Cayuga Fl. SHADBUSH. JUNE BERRY. SERVICE-BERRY.Damp or rather dry woodlands...
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The Golden Year: The Poetry Society of America Anthology (1910-1960)
Book by Melville Cane, John Farrar, Louise Townsend Nicholl; Fine Editions Press, 1960
Subjects: American Poetry--20th Cent
...steers a force that blends the scope of lion, horse, and antelope. Christina Rainsford SHADBUSH In woods still winter bare, Dark and unpromising, The shadbush stands in gleaming white Heralding the spring. All the sombre woodland Is lighted with...
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Thoreau's Notes on the Journey West: Nature Writing or Environmental History?
Journal article by Daniel J. Philippon; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 18, 2004
Subjects: Leopold, Aldo, Thoreau, Henry David, Travel in literature--Criticism and interpretation, Travel literature--Criticism and interpretation
...The owner, a Mrs. Hamilton, twice directs Thoreau to the place where she says it grows, but he finds only a thorn and a shadbush. He then consults three other people: a man named "Fitch," the young son of Jonathan Taylor Grimes, and finally Grimes...


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magazine articles on: Shadbush  - 5 results

 
 
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Nature Unforced
Magazine article by Ronald Jager; Natural History, August 1992
Subjects: Berries, Missaukee County Michigan, Nostalgia
...flanked intermittent clearings where shadbush, bracken, and sweet fern formed a framework...later that we identified the plant as shadbush, or Juneberry, a many-specied genus...chief difference between the New England shadbush and the Michigan varieties is evident...
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Car-free Islands
Magazine article by Justin Nobel; Plenty, February 2008
Subjects: Bans, Islands, National parks, Tourist attractions, United States, Vehicles
...serene beaches and several unspoiled shore ecosystems. Its sunken forest is a dense spread of oak, black gum, sassafras, shadbush, and holly - some trees predate the Declaration of Independence. Hundreds of species of birds swing by on their way up the...
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Over the Hump
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 105, July 1996
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Green Mountains, Mountains, Vermont
...stunted and bent, often sowing in tangled masses. This dwarf, woody vegetation is termed krummholz. Balsam fir, red spruce, shadbush, mountain paper birch, and showy mountain ash are reduced to prostrate shrubs, barely able to eke out an existence on exposed...
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How to Hide a Berry Treasure around Your Home
Magazine article by Michael Lipske; National Wildlife, Vol. 34, February 1996
Subjects: Berries--Growth, Birds, Attracting of--Technique, Gardening--Technique
...the ones people find most tasty. These include sweet blueberries and the amelanchiers (shrubs or small trees also known as shadbush or serviceberry, the fruit of which is favored by songbirds). People who love elderberry pie and elderberry wine have to...
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Catch and Release
Magazine article by Margaret Hart; Natural History, Vol. 118, October 2009
...contrasting with the rose-tinted blue oFThlTsky. Oiaypth along the dune descends to where the frosted ground is matted with shadbush, bayberry, and goldenrod. Here, on the edge of the Adantic, we wait. Only the quick: turn of a long brown ear, the...


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Great Falls: Cascade of History, Natural Beauty and Estate Homes
Newspaper article by Jennifer Merrill Thompson; The Washington Times, April 16, 1999
...rapids are a favorite place for courageous kayakers. The park at Great Falls showcases a variety of plant life: Dogwood, shadbush, and redbud bloom in the spring; oaks, tulip poplars, ash and sycamores shade the summer picnic spots. Some plants are...


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encyclopedia articles on: Shadbush  - 5 results

 
 
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Shadbush
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHADBUSH Juneberry, or serviceberry...bush is more often called shadbush on the East Coast (it is...wildlife food. Some kinds of shadbush are cultivated for ornament. The wood is very hard. Shadbushes are classified in the division...
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Shrub
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...colored fruits. Among the most frequently used shrubs in NE America are the lilac, viburnum, forsythia, azalea, flowering shadbush, cotoneaster, and barberry. In arid, arctic, and other regions of extreme climatic conditions where trees do not thrive...
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Juneberry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JUNEBERRY see shadbush . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...g., the fruit trees and bushes mentioned and also the antelope brush , Christmasberry , mountain ash , pyracantha , and shadbush . Many genera have species that are native wildflowers of the United States; in addition to many of those above are Agrimonia...
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Serviceberry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SERVICEBERRY see shadbush . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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