ROSACEAE 



Serviceberry 



Amelanchier canadensis, (Z,.) Medic. 



HABIT. A small tree 25-40 feet in height, with a tall trunk 

 6-12 inches in diameter; forming a narrow, rounded crown of 

 many small limbs and slender branchlets. 



LEAVES. Alternate, simple, 3-4 inches long and about one- 

 half as. broad; ovate to obovate; finely and sharply serrate; 

 glabrous, dark green above, paler beneath; petioles slender, 

 about i inch long. 



FLOWERS. April, when the leaves are about one-third 

 grown ; perfect ; large, white, borne in drooping racemes 3-5 

 inches long; calyx 5-cleft, campanulate, villous on the inner sur- 

 face; petals 5, strap-shaped, white, about I inch in length; stam- 

 ens numerous; styles 5, united below. 



FRUIT. June- August ; globular, berry-like pome, Y^-Vz 

 inch long; turning from bright red to dark purple with slight 

 bloom ; sweet and edible when ripe. 



WINTER-BUDS. Yellow-brown, narrow-ovoid to conical, 

 sharp-pointed, J^-J^ inch long; bud-scales apiculate, slightly 

 pubescent. 



BARK. Twigs smooth, light green, becoming red-brown; 

 thin, pale red-brown on the trunk, smoothish or divided by shal- 

 low fissures into narrow, longitudinal, scaly ridges. 



WOOD. Heavy, very hard, strong, close-grained, dark red- 

 brown, with thick, lighter colored sapwood. 



DISTRIBUTION. Common throughout the state. 



HABITAT. Prefers rich soil of dry, upland woods and 

 hillsides. 



NOTES. Hardy throughout the states Grows in all, soils 

 and situations except in wet lands. 



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