Amelanchier nantucketensis E.P. Bicknell. Common name: Nantucket Serviceberry. Phenology: Mar-Apr; Jun. Habitat: Cliff ledges, rock outcrops, river scour terraces. Distribution: NS and ME south disjunctly to the Potomac River Gorge, n. VA and sc. MD (Knapp et al. 2011), and to Table Rock, SC.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See Dibble & Campbell (1995) and Steury, Fleming, & Strong (2008).
Synonymy ⓘ: = F, FNA9, K4, NE, NY, Va; = n/a — RAB; ? Amelanchier canadensis × spicata — C; > Amelanchier micropetala (Rob.) Ashe. Basionym: Amelanchier nantucketensis E.P.Bicknell 1911
Links to other floras: = Amelanchier nantucketensis - FNA9
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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native range: ME, MA, NY & MD
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