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A large shrub or rarely a small tree ; clump-forming or widely branched near 
the ground. This species has formerly been confused with either A. oMongi- 
folia or A. canadensis and records of wildlife utilization for these last species 
probably apply to this one as well. 
Amelanchier laevis Wieg. Smooth serviceberry. 
Range : 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Pome, available June-July. 
A small to large shrub or usually a small tree, less commonly a large tree; 
shrubbier northward ; may occur on calcareous or noncalcareous soil ; very 
handsome in cultivation ; fruit very irregular in time of ripening. 
Observations: Generally attractive to birds. 
Amelanchier maerocarpa Lunell. 
Range : 18, 21. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A small shrub ; flowers April-June. 
Amelanchier mormonica Schneid. 
Range: 11, 13, 14. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Pome. 
A small to large shrub or small tree ; flowers May-June, 
Amelanchier oblong'ifolia, see also Amelanchier stolonifera. 
Amelanchier oblongifolia (Torr. and Gray) Eoem. Serviceberry. 
A. canadensis oUongifolia Torr. and Gray, A. hotryapium Britt. and Brown, 
in part, A. ohovalis Ashe, in part, A. intermedia Blanchard, in part, not 
Spach. 
Range : 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Pome, available June-July. 
A large shrub to a small, or rarely large, tree ; not stolonif erous, but often 
clump-forming. 
Var. micropetala Robins., is a dwarf on exposed ledges or dry sandy soil 
near the coast in region 27. 
Amelanchier obovalis, see Amelanchier oUongifolia. 
Amelanchier oligocarpa, see Amelanchier dartramiana. 
Amelanchier oreophila, see Amelanchier ahvifolia. 
Amelanchier ovalis, see Amelanchier stolonifera. 
Amelanchier pallida, see Amelanchier alnifolia. 
Amelanchier polycarpa Greene. Cluster serviceberry. 
Range : 11, 13, 14. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, shade. 
Fruit : Pome, available in August. 
A small to large shrub or small tree; flowers in May-July and bears an 
abundance of fruit. 
Browse value for livestock varies in different localities and at different sea- 
sons ; excellent in southwestern Utah; inferior in southeastern Utah. 
Amelanchier prnnifolia Greene. Bedbud serviceberry. 
A. ruhescens Greene, 
Range: 9, 11, 13, 14. 
Site : Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A small to large shrub or small tree, reported to be evergreen ; flowers April- 
June. 
Generally worthless forage for livestock in summer but of some value to sheep 
and goats in the spring ; not injured by as much as 25 percent grazing. 
Amelanchier pumila Nutt. 
Range: 13. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pome. 
A small shrub with depressed branches ; flowers June-July. 
