On the Atlantic coast these shrubs are often called shadblow and 

 shadbush because they bloom when the shad are running. 2 



Besides common serviceberry, three other species of Amelanchier 

 are sometimes important on western ranges. Mountain serviceberry 

 (A. oreo'phila) is a low, hairy -leaved shrub, growing in clumps 

 on dry situations in the mountains from the Black Hills of South 

 Dakota to New Mexico, Nevada, and Montana. It is sometimes 

 abundant locally, but isi rated no higher than fair for sheep and 

 poor for cattle. Kedbud serviceberry (A. rubes' cens) is sometimes 

 locally abundant in the region from southwestern Colorado to north- 

 western New Mexico, southern Utah, and Nevada. It has red flower 

 buds, small, narrow, many-toothed leaves, and is most palatable in 

 the spring, being little used in the summer. 3 Utah'Serviceberry (A. 

 utahen'sis], a low bush or small tree, with yellowish or orange- 

 colored fruit, occurs in the foothills and medium elevations from 

 Colorado to New Mexico and Nevada, where it is occasionally 

 common. It is grazed principally in the spring, when it provides 

 fairly good forage for cattle and good to excellent browse for sheep 

 and goats. 4 



Various species, including common serviceberry and the eastern 

 downy shadblow (A. canaden' sis} , are desirable ornamentals, fre- 

 quently planted for their showy white flowers and, to some extent, 

 for their attractive and edible fruit. The Indians, who valued the 

 fruit as an important food source, collected and dried the berries 

 for winter use. Explorers and miners also found the fruit a wel- 

 come addition to their food supply ; the Lewis and Clark party, for 

 example, used it as food in 1804 in the upper Missouri River 

 country. 5 



2 Parsons, M. E., and Buck, M. W. THE WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA, THEIR NAMES, 

 HAUNTS, AND HABITS. Rev., 411 pp., illus. San Francisco. 1904. 



3 Forsling, C. L., and Storm, E. V. THE UTILIZATION OF BROWSE FORAGE AS SUMMER 



BANGS FOR CATTLE IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH. U. S. Dept. Agr. CirC. 62, 30 pp., illUS. 1929. 



* Dayton, W. A. IMPORTANT WESTERN BROWSE PLANTS. U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. 

 101, 214 pp., illus. 1931. 



B Thwaites, R. G. (edited by). ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 

 1804-06 ... 8 v.. illus. New York. 1904-5. 



