Index / Search / Amelanchier canadensis
§1 Plant
Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.
vernacular Canadian serviceberry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Amelanchier
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 152 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 23 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 20 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 95,708
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- High
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 152 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Essex 36031
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMCA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3023833 ↗Record version
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