Coastal Plain Serviceberry, a low rhizomatous shrub generally found in wet areas, is uncommon in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina.

Scotland Co., NC 4/18/10.

Coastal Plain Serviceberry is very similar to Dwarf Serviceberry (Amelanchier spicata), which is also a low rhizomatous shrub, but found in drier areas. There is a difference between the two in the summit of the ovary, which is densely woolly-hairy in A. spicata, sparsely pubescent in A. obovalis.

Scotland Co., NC 4/18/10.