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THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 



SERVICE BEERY, SHAD BUSH OR JUNE BERRY 



A shrub, or sometimes a tree, from five to forty feet 

 high, taking its name from the fact that it blossoms 

 usually about the time the shad "run." Furnishes the 

 lancewood for the tips of fishing rods. 



SERVICE BERRY 



Amelanchier canadensis 



FORM 



Ranges from a shrub a few feet high 

 to a tree 40' in height and 18"-24" in 

 diameter. 



LEAVES 



Egg-shaped,. 3"-4" long by 

 wide with incurved teeth. 



FLOWERS 



Appear when the leaves are about 

 one-third grown; large white and 

 grouped in long loose clusters at 

 end of the branches. 



FRUIT 



Berry-like, round, purplish and edi- 

 ble. Eagerly eaten by birds. 



RANGE 



Found in the rich upland soils from 

 Maine to Minnesota, south to Kan- 

 sas and Arkansas. 



