Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Rosaceae > Amelanchier > Amelanchier canadensisAmelanchier canadensis (Canadian serviceberry)Synonyms: Amelanchier amelanchier; Amelanchier austromontana; Amelanchier botryapium var. conferta; Amelanchier canadensis var. fernaldii (homotypic); Amelanchier canadensis var. subintegra; Amelanchier fernaldii; Amelanchier grandiflora (heterotypic); Amelanchier japonica (heterotypic); Amelanchier lancifolia; Amelanchier longifolia (homotypic); Amelanchier lucida; Amelanchier neumanniana; Amelanchier oblongifera; Amelanchier ovalis; Amelanchier rotundifolia (heterotypic); Amelanchier sanguinea (heterotypic); Amelanchier sera; Amelanchier spicata; Amelanchier stolonifera var. lucida; Amelanchier stricta; Amelanchier wangenheimiana; Amelancus canadensis; Aronia affinis (homotypic); Aronia botryapium var. racemosa; Aronia canadensis (homotypic); Aronia cordata; Aronia latifolia; Aronia nivea (homotypic); Aronia ovalis; Aronia praecox (homotypic); Aronia sanguinea (homotypic); Aronia subcordata (homotypic); Crataegus amoena; Crataegus racemosa; Malus microcarpa (heterotypic); Mespilus amelanchier (heterotypic); Mespilus amelanchier var. canadensis (homotypic); Mespilus amelanchier var. nivea; Mespilus canadensis (heterotypic); Mespilus glabra (homotypic); Mespilus nivea; Pyrus amelanchier (heterotypic); Pyrus canadensis (heterotypic); Pyrus neumanniana; Pyrus ovalis; Pyrus tenuifolia; Pyrus wangenheimiana; Xeromalon obovatum 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. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Janka Hardness [3] | 1800 lbf (816 kgf) Medium | | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | | Pollinators [2] | Bees | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.66 | | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Usage [2] | This species can be used as a dwarfing rootstock for Malus spp. (the apples) and Pyrus spp. (the pears);
Plants can be grown as an informal hedge; Any trimming is best done after flowering; A fairly wind-tolerant species, it can be used to give protection from the wind as part of a mixed shelterbelt;
Wood - hard, strong, close grained. Used for tool handles, small implements etc; | | | Height [2] | 20 feet (6 m) | | Width [2] | 9.84 feet (3 m) |
View Plants For A Future Record : Amelanchier canadensis |
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Species |
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Climate |
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Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Assateague Island National Seashore |
II |
8621 |
Maryland, United States |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
16363 |
Delaware, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge |
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Puerto Rico, United States |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield |
III |
1019 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
3161 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve |
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7585 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve |
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7809 |
New Hampshire, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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National Capital Region - East National Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve |
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New Jersey, United States |
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Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve |
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306 |
Georgia, United States |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Saratoga National Historical Park |
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New York, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
25823 |
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository. ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA. |
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
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