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Plants
Burnt-potato-chip bark, drooping white flower spikes and small bitter cherries.
Field facts
HabitatWoodland edges, old fields
RangeStatewide
When to lookFlowers May; fruit August
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesChokecherry, Serviceberry
Field note: More than a hundred bird species eat its fruit in late summer.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Wilted leaves and twigs are toxic to livestock — do not toss cuttings into pasture.
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