Amelanchier Genus

"The Amelanchier species as a group make excellent landscape plants. They offer four season interest and excellent edible fruit. To my mind and stomach, a serviceberry pie is the rival of the best blueberry pie. The serviceberries are difficult to seperate and are confused in the nursery profession. Unless flowers and developing leaves are present it is difficult to accurately separate A. arborea, A. canadensis, A. laevis, and A. X grandiflora. A. arborea is native to the Piedmont woods of Georgia and is one of the first shrubs/trees to flower. Considering the wide-spread range of adaptability of the Amelanchier species, it is surprising they are not more commonly used."

Family = Rosaceae

Genus = Amelanchier

Included Species =

A. alnifolia (Saskatoon Serviceberry)
A. arborea (Juneberry)
A. asiatica (Asian Serviceberry)
A. bartramiana
A. canadensis (Shadblow Serviceberry)
A. cusickii
A. fernaldii
A. florida (Pacific Serviceberry)
A. humilis
A. intermedia
A. laevis (Allegheny Serviceberry)
A. lucida
A. nantucketensis
A. pumila
A. quinti-martii
A. sanguinea (Sand or Roundleaf Serviceberry)
A. stolonifera (Running Serviceberry)
A. utahensis
A. wiegandii


Cross referenced against the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Taxonomy Browser.

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