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'''''Amelanchier canadensis''''' ('''Canadian serviceberry''', '''Juneberry''', '''Shadblow Serviceberry''', '''Shadblow''', '''Shadbush''', '''Shadbush Serviceberry''', '''Sugarplum''', '''Thicket Serviceberry'''; [[syn.]] ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (L.) Medik. var. ''subintegra'' Fern., ''Amelanchier lucida'' Fern. <ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AMCA4 ''Amelanchier canadensis''] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database].</ref>) is a [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] <ref>[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Amelanchier+canadensis''Amelanchier canadensis''] at [[Plants For A Future]]</ref>, food and [[ornamental plant]] <ref>{{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]] | year=[[2002]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}} </ref> native to [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].
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Amelanchier canadensis, Medikus (A. Botryàpium, Borkh. A. canadénsis var. Botryàpium, Torr. & Gray. A. canadénsis var. tomentúla, Sarg.). Service-berry. Bushy tree, fastigiately branched: st. solitary or few, sometimes shrubby : Lvs. generally obovate, less often ovate, oval or oblong, acute or acuminate, usually cordate at the base, 1½-3½ in. long, sharply serrate quite or nearly to the base, densely white-tomentose beneath when young, less so above, tomentum usually partly persistent: racemes rather dense, nodding, silky-tomentose; petals linear or linear-oblong, about ½ in. long; top of ovary glabrous or slightly hairy: fr. maroon- purple, tasteless. May, early, before the Lvs. ; fr. in June. Maine to Iowa, Mo. and south to Ga. and La.—This is the only species with the Lvs. tomentose on both surfaces when young.
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Amelanchier oblongifolia, Roem. (A. canadénsis var. oblongifolia, Torr. & Gray. A. Botryàpium, Brit. & Brown, in part.  A.obovàlis, Ashe.). Shrub, with slender upright sts. growing in rather dense clumps, but not stoloniferous, to 25 ft. : Lvs. oblong to obovate-oblong, usually rounded at the base, and rounded or acute at the apex, 1¼-2½ in. long, very finely serrate nearly or quite to the base, white-tomentose beneath when young: racemes short, dense and upright, silky-tomentose; petals obovate-oblong to oblanceolate or linear, about ⅓ in. long; top of ovary glabrous or sometimes slightly woolly; fr. nearly black, with bloom, sweet. May, with A. teems; fr. in June. Maine to S. C.—This differs from all other species except A. ovalis and A. Bartramiana in having the sépals on the immature fr. upright or only slightly spreading; in the other species they are recurved.
 
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'''''Amelanchier canadensis''''' ('''Canadian serviceberry''', '''Juneberry''', '''Shadblow Serviceberry''', '''Shadblow''', '''Shadbush''', '''Shadbush Serviceberry''', '''Sugarplum''', '''Thicket Serviceberry'''; [[syn.]] ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (L.) Medik. var. ''subintegra'' Fern., ''Amelanchier lucida'' Fern. <ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AMCA4 ''Amelanchier canadensis''] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database].</ref>) is a [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] <ref>[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Amelanchier+canadensis''Amelanchier canadensis''] at [[Plants For A Future]]</ref>, food and [[ornamental plant]] <ref>{{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]] | year=[[2002]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}} </ref> native to [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2873 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Amelanchier canadensis'']
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*[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/amelanchier_canadensis.html NC State University: ''Amelanchier canadensis'']
 
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*[http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Forestry/trees/serviceberry_thicket.htm Ohio Trees: ''Amelanchier canadensis'']
 
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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Closeup of flowers

Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Shadblow, Shadbush, Shadbush Serviceberry, Sugarplum, Thicket Serviceberry; syn. Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik. var. subintegra Fern., Amelanchier lucida Fern. [1]) is a medicinal [2], food and ornamental plant [3] [4] native to Canada and the United States.


Read about Amelanchier canadensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Amelanchier canadensis, Medikus (A. Botryàpium, Borkh. A. canadénsis var. Botryàpium, Torr. & Gray. A. canadénsis var. tomentúla, Sarg.). Service-berry. Bushy tree, fastigiately branched: st. solitary or few, sometimes shrubby : Lvs. generally obovate, less often ovate, oval or oblong, acute or acuminate, usually cordate at the base, 1½-3½ in. long, sharply serrate quite or nearly to the base, densely white-tomentose beneath when young, less so above, tomentum usually partly persistent: racemes rather dense, nodding, silky-tomentose; petals linear or linear-oblong, about ½ in. long; top of ovary glabrous or slightly hairy: fr. maroon- purple, tasteless. May, early, before the Lvs. ; fr. in June. Maine to Iowa, Mo. and south to Ga. and La.—This is the only species with the Lvs. tomentose on both surfaces when young.


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Read about Amelanchier canadensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Amelanchier oblongifolia, Roem. (A. canadénsis var. oblongifolia, Torr. & Gray. A. Botryàpium, Brit. & Brown, in part. A.obovàlis, Ashe.). Shrub, with slender upright sts. growing in rather dense clumps, but not stoloniferous, to 25 ft. : Lvs. oblong to obovate-oblong, usually rounded at the base, and rounded or acute at the apex, 1¼-2½ in. long, very finely serrate nearly or quite to the base, white-tomentose beneath when young: racemes short, dense and upright, silky-tomentose; petals obovate-oblong to oblanceolate or linear, about ⅓ in. long; top of ovary glabrous or sometimes slightly woolly; fr. nearly black, with bloom, sweet. May, with A. teems; fr. in June. Maine to S. C.—This differs from all other species except A. ovalis and A. Bartramiana in having the sépals on the immature fr. upright or only slightly spreading; in the other species they are recurved.


The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.


Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ Amelanchier canadensis at USDA PLANTS Database.
  2. ↑ Amelanchier canadensis at Plants For A Future
  3. ↑ Bailey, L. H. (2005). Manual of Gardening (Second Edition). Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 
  4. ↑ Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

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