Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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 north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-004:
Amelanchier canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amelanchier oblongifolia
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Serviceberry, Canadian Serviceberry
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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 (4/14/23):
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 north of Mexico, vol. 9
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-004:
Amelanchier canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Amelanchier canadensis
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p241
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p131
- 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
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