OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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

        

image of Amelanchier canadensis, Eastern Serviceberry, Canadian Serviceberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_426

        

image of Amelanchier canadensis, Eastern Serviceberry, Canadian Serviceberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_amca4_001_lvd

        

image of Amelanchier canadensis, Eastern Serviceberry, Canadian Serviceberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_amca4_006_lvd

        

image of Amelanchier canadensis, Eastern Serviceberry, Canadian Serviceberry

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)

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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

 

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