SPECIES CHARACTERISTICS 



Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon serviceberry) 



Saskatoon serviceberry is an erect deciduous shrub 1 to 4.5 m tall (fig. 4), with 

 gray bark on older stems and smooth, reddish-brown bark on younger stems. 



The leaves are simple, alternate, and usually borne on short, lateral branchlets. 

 They are up to 5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, with serrate margins above the middle, and 

 are usually glabrous at maturity, although this quality varies somewhat between ecotypes. 



The showy, white, epigynous flowers are borne in short, erect racemes. They 

 contain persistent sepals, five deciduous, oblanceolate petals about 12 mm long, numer- 

 ous stamens, and a single pistil usually with five styles. 



Figure 4. — Saskatoon sevvioe- 

 berry growing near Kamas, 

 Utah. Ficture taken in 

 early October 1967 after 

 leaves had dropped and 

 fruits had dried. Note 

 dried fruits on uppermost 

 branches. Scale is in 

 feet. 



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