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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • >-^<?%-«£ -e>-$^p<K?§>- ST TR -e>-#g%=<«§!-s -e>^%><^>- SERVICE-BERRY, OR SERVICE-TREE (Amelanchi&r canadensis Medic.) THE service-tree, also known as service-berry and locally as "sarvis," is found throughout the State but attains its best development on the mountain slopes. It is a small tree, 20 to 50 feet high and 6 to 18 inches in diameter, with a rather narrow, rounded top, but is often little more than a shrub. The bark is thin, ashy gray, smooth on the branches and upper part of the stem, and breaking into shallow fissures on the short trunk. The leaves are alternate, slender - stalked, ovate, pointed, finely toothed, 2 to 4 inches long, purplish brown until nearly mature, then becoming a light green, and early covered with scattered silky hairs. The white flowers appear in erect or drooping clusters in early spring, before or with the leaves, making the tree quite conspicuous in the leafless or budding forest. The fruit is sweet, edible, rounded, dark purple when ripe, one-third to one-half an inch in diameter, ripening early in June. Birds and other denizens of the forest are very fond of the fruit, and men have been known to cut down and destroy the trees to gather one good crop of fruit. The wood is heavy, exceedingly hard, strong, close-grained and dark brown. It is occasionally used for handles. This is a desirable ornamental tree and should be planted for this purpose and to encourage the birds. SERVICE-BERRY, OR SERVICE-TREE One-half natural size. 59
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