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§1 Plant
Amelanchier obovalis (Michx.) Ashe
vernacular coastal serviceberry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Amelanchier
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 37 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–90 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 62,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 37 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lunenburg 51111
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMOB2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3023872 ↗Record version
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