Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.1 m
- wide
- 5.3 m
Rosaceae
Also called Shadbush, Juneberry, Shadblow, Canada serviceberry, Canadian serviceberry
Formerly Amelanchier botryapium, Amelanchier lancifolia, Amelanchier lucida, Amelanchier neumanniana, and 16 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Canada to E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 4.6 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- French
- amélanchier canadien, amélanchier du Canada
- Slovenian
- kanadska šmarna hrušica
- Swedish
- Kanadensisk häggmispel
- Chinese
- 加拿大唐棣
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Amelanchier canadensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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