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The leaves are ovate or elliptical, 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), rarely 10 cm (4 in), long and 2.5–4 cm (1– 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) wide, with pointed tips and finely serrated margins. A characteristic useful for identification is that the young leaves emerge downy on the underside.
Amelanchier (/ æ m ə ˈ l æ n ʃ ɪər / am-ə-LAN-sheer), [1] also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum [2] or chuckley pear, [3] is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small trees in the rose family .
Amelanchier canadensis (bilberry, [2] Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, [3] juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a species of Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United States from Maine south to Alabama.
What to Plant Instead of a Bradford Pear Tree. There are many beautiful native trees that are better alternatives with pretty flowers, autumn color, and attractive forms, Huber says. Just be sure ...
Amelanchier laevis, the smooth shadbush, smooth serviceberry or Allegheny serviceberry, is a North American species of tree in the rose family Rosaceae, growing up to 9 metres (30 ft) tall. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States , from Newfoundland west to Ontario , Minnesota , and Iowa , south as far as Georgia and Alabama .
Amelanchier sanguinea, known as red-twigged shadbush or roundleaf serviceberry, is a shrub native to eastern and central North America. Its native range stretches from New Brunswick to Saskatchewan south as far as northern Georgia. It is most common in eastern Canada, the northeastern United States, and the Great Lakes region. [3]
The leaves are oval to nearly circular, 2–5 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 –2 inches) long and 1–4.5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad, on a 0.5–2 cm (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 4 in) leaf stem, with margins toothed mostly above the middle. [5] As with all species in the genus Amelanchier, the flowers are white, [6] with five quite separate petals and ...
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