248 THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 
SERVICE BERRY, SHAD BUSH OR JUNE BERRY 
A. shrub, or sometimes a tree, from five to forty feet 
high, taking its name from the fact that it blossoms 
usually about the time the shad “run.” Furnishes the 
lancewood for the tips of fishing rods. 
SERVICE BERRY 
Amelanchier canadensis 
ForM 
Ranges from a shrub a few feet high 
to a tree 40’ in height and 18’’-24”" in 
diameter. 
LEAVES 
Ege-shaped, 3”~4” long by 1/~1}” 
wide with incurved teeth. 
FLOWERS 
Appear when the leaves are about 
one-third giown; large white and 
grouped in long loose clusters at 
end of the branches. 
FRUIT 
Berry-like, round, purplish and edi- 
ble. Eagerly eaten by birds. 
RANGE 
Found in the rich upland soils from 
Maine to Minnesota, south to Kan- 
sas and Arkansas. 
