Shadbush, serviceberry, sugarplum, juneberry, wild pear, wild plum, and a few other common names are used for the genus Amelanchier, a bush or small tree that is at its most diverse in northeastern North America. Which is the excuse I will use for not knowing the species name for this specimen. This was in Dolly Sods on April 19 of this year… nothing in bloom. At about this time in a previous year the shadbush were in full bloom. Since nothing else up there blooms that early I got a sense of just how many shadbush there are there, which is to say many! The blossoms don’t last long. The one on my property in Flatland was at its peak for no more than two days. I hope to see them on Dolly Sods again this year.

35mm Sigma A, Nikon 800e, Lr5, Ps CS6.