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Amelanchier Medik. Amelanchier ( / æməˈlænʃɪər / am-ə-LAN-sheer ), [1] also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis ), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum [2] or chuckley pear, [3] is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous -leaved shrubs and small trees in the rose family ( Rosaceae ).
Amelanchier arborea is generally 5–12 m (16–39 ft) tall. Occasionally, it can grow up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall and reach into the overstory. The trunk can be up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter (rarely to 40 cm or 16 in). The bark is smooth and gray. [5] [6]
Amelanchier laevis, the smooth shadbush, smooth serviceberry or Allegheny serviceberry, is a North American species of tree in the rose family Rosaceae, growing up to 9 metres (30 ft) tall. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Iowa, south as far as Georgia and Alabama.
Amelanchier × lamarckii, also called juneberry, serviceberry or shadbush, is a large deciduous flowering shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae. Description [ edit ] In spring the plant unfurls new leaves and produces star-shaped white flowers. [1]
Amelanchier × grandiflora, the serviceberry, is a small deciduous flowering tree or large shrub, a hybrid of garden origin between A. arborea and A. laevis, in the family Rosaceae. It produces white flowers and small red to purple edible fruits. [1] The Latin specific epithet grandiflora means "large-flowered". [2]
A. florida Lindl. A. pumila (Torr. & A. Gray) Nutt. ex M. Roem. Aronia alnifolia Nutt. Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon berry, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, western shadbush, or western juneberry, [2] is a shrub native to North America. It is a member of the rose family, and bears an edible berry-like fruit.
Amelanchier gracilis A.Heller. Amelanchier pallida, the pale serviceberry or western serviceberry, is a species of Amelanchier native to the US states of California and Arizona. [3] They are shrubs or small trees reaching 10 ft (3 m), with attractive blue-green foliage. They typically grow in mountains up to 11,000 ft (3,400 m) above sea level ...
Amelanchier utahensis, the Utah serviceberry, is a shrub or small tree native to western North America. This serviceberry grows in varied habitats, from scrubby open slopes to woodlands and forests. A. utahensis in high Sierra Nevada, California - flower clusters on short racemes; leaves elliptical, toothed above middle