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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 ( / 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 ).
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.
Taxonomy. This form is an natural hybrid of A. arborea × A. laevis. [ 3] (. A. laevis and either A. arborea or A. canadensis ); therefore under the rules of botanical nomenclature, it would be known as Amelanchier × lamarckii. The Latin specific epithet honors the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829). [ 4]
Amelanchier canadensis is a deciduous, small tree that flowers in the early spring. Its height ranges from 6 to 20 feet (1.8–6.1 m). Its height ranges from 6 to 20 feet (1.8–6.1 m). The leaves are subtly serrated and about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (38–64 mm) in length and they have a simple alternate pattern.
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 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
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