downy serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
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Form
downy serviceberry form
Habitat
Leaves
downy serviceberry leaves downy serviceberry leaves downy serviceberry leaves downy serviceberry leaves (underside)
Twigs
downy serviceberry twigs downy serviceberry twigs
Bark
downy serviceberry bark
Flowers
Fruit
  • FAMILY: ROSACEAE
  • ALTERNATE COMMON NAME: shadbush
  • LEAVES: alternate, simple, deciduous, 2 to 3.5 inch long; rounded base, apex abruptly tapered, widest at or above middle; margins finely serrate
  • FLOWER: white, 1 inch diameter, on showy drooping racemes near end of twigs
  • FRUIT: pome, reddish purple, round, 1/3 inch; persistent calyx; matures early summer
  • TWIGS: slender, flexible, no spur shoots; leaf scar v-shaped; bundle scars: 3
  • BARK: ashy gray; sometimes streaked; smooth, becoming furrowed with age
  • FORM: small tree; less than 40 feet tall; irregularly-shaped crown
  • HABITAT: upland well-drained slopes; mesic; rocky slopes; pine stands
  • WETLAND DESIGNATION: Facultative Upland (FACU): Usually occurs in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region
  • RANGE: eastern US
  • USES: ornamental; birds use fruit
    • Best Recognition Features:
    1. cordate leaf base
    2. finely serrate margin
    3. long petiole
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