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Amelanchier ovalis (Snowy Mespilus)

Synonyms: Amelanchier ovalis var. semiserrata; Amelanchier ovalis var. willdenoviana; Amelancus ovalis; Aronia amelanchier

Wikipedia Abstract

Amelanchier ovalis, commonly known as snowy mespilus, is serviceberry shrub. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. The species is native to central and southern Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
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Infraspecies

Amelanchier ovalis cretica (Attributes)
Amelanchier ovalis integrifolia
Amelanchier ovalis ovalis (Attributes)

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  White
Dispersal Mode [4]  Endozoochory
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. Used for small articles;
Height [2]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 4Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0