ROSACEAE 
Serviceberry 
Amelanchier canadensis (L.) 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 1 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 1 inch in length; stam- 
ens numerous; styles 5, united below. 
FRUIT.—June-August; globular, berry-like pome, %-% 
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, 14-14 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 state. Grows in all soils 
and situations except in wet lands. 
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