On a steep, ledgy, inaccessible Townshend hillside a single Shadbush is flowering. Within a few days, our field edges and river banks will be flecked with Shad's 5 petaled white flowers.
The Flora of Vermont lists eleven very similar species of shadbush, making exact identification next to impossible.
Common names for shads include Serviceberry, Sarviceberry, Juneberry and Sugarplum.
John
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