AS MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic (pi. 1, A). Serviceberry. 
A. botryapium Borkh., A. ovalis subcordata DC., A. canadensis botryapium 
Torr. and Gray, A. canadensis oblongifolia Gray’s Man. A. canadensis 
obovalis Sarg., in part, A. canadensis pomentula Sarg., A. canadensis 
Britt. 
Range: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Pone, available June-August. 
A small, or usually large shrub or smail tree; rarely a large tree; usually 
occurs in rich soil; flowers before the leaves form, March—May; about 50,000 
seeds per pound; germination about 70 percent, about 10,000 usuable plants 
per pound of seed. 
Stomach records: Twenty-seven species of birds including ruffed grouse; 
white-tailed deer. Observations: Hight species of birds, including bobwhite and 
mourning dove; cottontail rabbit, white-tailed deer. 
Amelanchier covillei, see Amelanchier ainifolia. 
Amelanchier crenata Greene. 
Range: 11. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A small to large shrub or small tree with dense foilage; flowers in April. 
Amelanchier cusickii Fern. Cusick serviceberry. 
Range: 6, 7, 8, 12. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A large shrub; flowers April—June. 
Observations: Sooty grouse. 
Amelanchier elliptica, see Amelanchier florida. 
Amelanchier florida Lindl. Western serviceberry. 
A. elliptica, Nels. 
Range: 1, 2, 4, 7. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Pome, available July-September. 
Usually a large shrub, occasionally a small tree or rarely a large tree; blooms 
April-June; often forms extensive thickets; sprouts promptly when browsed; 
very fire resistant; reproduces mainly by sprouts; leaves fall comparatively 
early. 
Stomach records: Three species of birds. Observations: Sooty grouse; of 
outstanding importance as browse for mule deer. Very valuable stock forage. 
Amelanchier goldmanii Woot. and Stand. Goldman serviceberry. 
Range: 9, 11, 14. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A large shrub to small tree. 
Amelanchier humilis Wieg. Small serviceberry, 
A, spicata Amer. auths. not (Lam.) Koch. 
Range: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome, available July—August. 
A small steloniferous shrub; forms extensive patches; usually occurs in sandy 
soil; flowers May—June; flowering and fruiting generally earlier northward; 
about 63,000 seeds per pound 
Amelanchier huronensis Wieg. 
Range: 23, 24. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome, available Juiy—August. 
A large shrub or smail tree; usually occurs on sandy and limestone soil. 
Amelanchier intermedia, see also Amelanchier oblongifolia. 
Amelanchier intermedia Spach. 
Range: 28, 24. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Pome, available June—July. 
