Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amelanchier canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Canadian Serviceberry can be separated from the two other Coastal Plain species – A. obovalis and A. spicata – by growing singly instead of clonally (in dense colonies), and usually by its multi-stemmed trunk (along with taller height). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amelanchier canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amelanchier canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-004:
Amelanchier canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amelanchier oblongifolia
COMMON NAME:
Canadian Serviceberry, Eastern Serviceberry
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux dcp34_p37a
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_426
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amca4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_amca4_006_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl_acanadensis
June
In cultivation
Position of calyx remnants reveal fruit to be derived from an inferior ovary.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amelanchier canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amelanchier canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amelanchier canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-004:
Amelanchier canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amelanchier oblongifolia
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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: pocosins, acidic wetlands, bogs, wet pine flatwoods, maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in Carolina Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
(rarely pinkish)
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p061
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p277
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p053
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p070
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p314
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p242
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p056