Saskatoon Serviceberry – Amelanchier alnifolia
Family Rosaceae – Rose family, fruit trees
Serviceberry have fragrant tiny flowers that attract a huge panoply of pollinators including bees, beetles, and butterflies.
Saskatoon serviceberry is known by a whole host of common names, including western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry.
A shrub in the apple tribe Maleae, this plant also sports edible fruit highly prized by wildlife and humans alike. With a sweet nutty taste, the fruits have long been eaten by Canada’s Aboriginal people, fresh or dried as an ingredient in pemmican.
They are nowadays used in pies, jam, wine, cider, beer, trail mix and snack foods [2].
Saskatoon Serviceberry, Morton Arboretum accession 802-65-5 photos by Bruce Marlin
Family Rosaceae
Trees Index | Pine Family
Tree Encyclopedia / North American Insects & Spiders
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