Amelanchier obovalis (Michx.) Ashe

toloniferous colonial shrub 3–15 dm; lvs oblong to broadly elliptic or subrotund, 3–5 cm, acute to broadly rounded, finely and sharply serrate chiefly above the middle, the teeth more than twice as many as the veins, which branch and anastomose toward the margin; lvs thinly villous above and densely tomentose beneath when young,soon glabrescent and pale, at anthesis scarcely exserted beyond the bud-scales; fls in dense, spike-like, scarcely pedunculate erect racemes; pedicels villous-tomentose, 2–6 mm, the lowest becoming 3–12 mm in fr; hypanthium tomentose; sep spreading or ascending, 1.5–2.5 mm; pet obovate, 4–8 mm, half as wide; ovary glabrous at the summit; diploid and polyploid. Open woods, pine-barrens, and streamsides on the coastal plain; N.J. and e. Pa. to S.C. Apr.

It is a temperate plant. It grows naturally in pine lands and low woods in South-eastern North America in Georgia and Alabama north to southern New Jersey. It suits hardiness zones 6-8.

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked. They are used in pies, jellies, and fruit drinks.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.