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Leaf Shape: Oblanceolate
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Red chokeberry
(Aronia arbutifolia)
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Japanese Pieris
(Pieris japonica)
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Inkberry
(Ilex glabra)

 

 

Leaf Shape: Oblanceolate

Much longer than wide, with the widest point above the middle.

 

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