Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amelanchier arborea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Downy Serviceberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier arborea var. alabamensis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-001a:
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Amelanchier alabamensis
COMMON NAME:
Downy Serviceberry, Sarvisberry
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_amelanchier_arborea_2
January
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Jerry Bright jeb_031508_099
March Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Flowers about 1" in diameter; petals linear, stamens many, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0303o_12
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Young leaves at flowering folded, green or brownish, densely tomentose below, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm0303u_19
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
One of the first trees to flower, standing out from leafless hardwood trees, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0303u_23
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers appear before the leaves, borne in showy racemes near twig ends, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm090321_241
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Buds slenderly elongate; bud scales hairy near tip or commonly on margins, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_alabamensis_20
March
Amelanchier alabamensis.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_alabamensis_32
March
Var. alabamensis known from AL coastal plain and scattered locales eastward, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_alabamensis_44b
March
Amelanchier alabamensis.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_amelanchier_arborea_8
March
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JK Marlow jkm0304r_19
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Fruit a reddish-purple, nearly round, fleshy pome; calyxes persistent, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm190408_7145
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7452
April Greenville County SC
Leaf tips abruptly tapered; bases heart-shaped; margins finely serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3813
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
An odd form?
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0307
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0308
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0664
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_amelanchier_arborea
May
Bark gray, smooth on young stems, becoming shallowly furrowed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0306c_21
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_amelanchier_arborea_c
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amelanchier arborea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier arborea var. alabamensis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-21-001a:
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Amelanchier alabamensis
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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC & SC Coastal Plain)
Look for it in dry to moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
(rarely pinkish)
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p061
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p276
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p142
- Landscaping with Native Trees p052
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p070
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p283
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p314?
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p04
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p242
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p096
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p118?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p38
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p056
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p247