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Life Form:

Deciduous tree

Average Height:

15-25'. Can reach 40'.

Bark Characteristics:

Purplish when young. Grey in maturity, can be scaly.

Bloom Characteristics:

3-15 flowers in elongated clusters at branch tips with 5 petals. Petals about .5" long and strap-like.

Fall Color:

Red

Foliage Characteristics:

Dark green, alternate, simple, obovate leaves with serrated margins. 2-5" long. Young leaves are covered in soft, woolly hair that disappears as leaf matures.

Fruit Characteristics:

Berrylike. Start red, and mature to purple-black with 4-10 seeds per each fruit. Edible.

Structure:

Narrow, rounded

Range:

E Canada to Central and E USA

Habitat:

Swampy lowlands, dry woods, sandy bluffs, rocky ridges, forest edges, open woodland, and fields

Topic:

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Common Name:

Common Serviceberry

Juneberry

Sarvis-berry

Sarviss Tree

Shadblow

Shadbush

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Rosanae

Order:

Rosales

Family:

Rosaceae

Genus:

Amelanchier

Species:

arborea

Accession Number:

2024-1674A

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection

On Display:

National Museum of the American Indian

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax75d9163f4-9638-4223-84b2-9ae2b230779f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2024-1674A