Amelanchier canadensis

serviceberry, shadbush, shadblow serviceberry

Photograph(s) by*: CM NRCS

Characteristics

Height: 35-50'
Spread: 35-50'
Flowers: Apr.-May; white
Fruit: Jun.-Jul.; red to purple; fleshy
Fall color: orange to red

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 5.6-7.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy

Habitat

swamps, low ground, woods, & thickets

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD DE PA NY WV VA

Wildlife

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Notes

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1341.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004