PLANTS Profile for Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny serviceberry)

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Amelanchier laevis Wiegand
Allegheny serviceberry

Symbol:

AMLA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Amelanchier arborea var. cordifolia

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Amelanchier laevis Wiegand

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Synonyms:
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand

	AMARL	Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald ssp. laevis (Wiegand) S. McKay ex Landry
	AMARC	Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald var. cordifolia (Ashe) B. Boivin
	AMARL2	Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald var. laevis (Wiegand) H.E. Ahles
	AMGR6	Amelanchier ×grandiflora Rehder
	AMLAN	Amelanchier laevis Wiegand var. nitida (Wiegand) Fernald

Distribution:
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 20 species in Amelanchier

Classification:
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Amelanchier Medik. – serviceberry
Species	Amelanchier laevis Wiegand – Allegheny serviceberry

More Accounts and Images:
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182046.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand

Amelanchier Systematics and Evolution (Univ. of Maine)

Time Generated: 02/14/2009 08:17 AM MST