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Amelanchier canadensis
Shadblow Serviceberry
Rosaceae
Located in alcove by back entrance to pathobiology building.
- leaves alternate, ovate to oblong, serrated margin
- leaves deep green, turning red-yellow in fall and dropping early
- buds long, pointed, imbricate, green to red-brown, fairly appressed
- stems smooth, gray-red, with whitish lenticels
- flowers white, in clusters, before leaves in early spring
- fruit is a pome, ripening red, often gone by late summer
- bark smooth, gray, with fine vertical lines
- habit a large shrub or small tree, often multi-stemmed
View Amelanchier
canadensis page in the UConn Plant Database
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