Some of us stopped at Wolf Mountain Overlook on the way home, so I’ve included pictures taken there. Thanks to the Standaert Bros. for long-distance ID-ing the mystery shrub in the meadow (Bill got it first!).
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, Penny Longhurst, & Lucy Prim. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia) [arbutifolia x melanocarpa hybrid] bloom seen in May](https://wcbotanicalclub.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/mystery-shrub-bloomed-in-may-jc.jpg?w=330&resize=330%2C186&h=186#038;h=186 "Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia) [arbutifolia x melanocarpa hybrid] bloom seen in May")
![Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia) [arbutifolia x melanocarpa hybrid] Fruit](https://wcbotanicalclub.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/mystery-shrub-pl.jpg?w=244&resize=244%2C137&h=137#038;h=137 "Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia) [arbutifolia x melanocarpa hybrid] Fruit")
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