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t5247rb

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Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« on: May 12, 2008, 07:16:21 AM »
Hello,

The following flowering bush/shrub was photographed May 2 in the Vosges mountains of Alsace at about 531 m.  Anyone care to take a guess at what it is?

As always, thanks much for your advice,

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Robert
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Re: Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2008, 08:48:49 PM »
A pear of some kind maybe?
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Re: Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2008, 09:17:53 PM »
I should clarify that this is photo was taken in the wild.  I don't believe that this is a domesticated plant.
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Re: Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2008, 10:16:14 PM »
It might be Amelanchier ovalis,the serviceberry.
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Re: Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 10:28:05 PM »
Yes, Rudi, it does look like that, also known as the Snowy Mespilus......though I have no idea what "mespilus" means! 
Mespilus is the medlar tree, isn't it?   ??? ::)
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Re: Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2008, 11:16:49 PM »
Well I wasn't so very far out. Rosaceae anyway ??? and even pears start as wild plants.
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Re: Wild Flowering Bush/Shrub ident needed
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2008, 06:21:11 PM »
You guys are really amazing!  What a storehouse of knowledge.  Many thanks for the help.

BTW this plant is called Gewöhnliche Felsenbirne in German which in English literally translated is "common cliff pear".
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