North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Genus:
Family:

Amelanchier arborea

Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

downy serviceberry, common serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)

Image ID: 8706
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: AMAR3
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Amelanchier arborea
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-09-16

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: AMELA
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Amelanchier
GENUS AUTHORITY: Medik.
GENUS COMMON: Serviceberry
GENUS SUMMARY: (Serviceberry, Sarvis, Shadbush, Juneberry, May Cherry, Currant)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Campbell, Dibble, Frye, & Burgess in FNA (in press); Robertson (1974)=Z; Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004). Key adapted from FNA.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ROSACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Rosaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Rose Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO:
STEMS:
LEAVES:
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: White flowers
FRUITS:
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 15-25 ft.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Shrub, Tree

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION: Deciduous

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: March-May

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	x	x	x	x	x

BLOOM COLOR:

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
x

FRUITING PERIOD: May-Aug.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Woods margins
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Downy serviceberry is a relatively small, easy to grow, deciduous tree native throughout the East. It occurs along streams, at woodland edges, rocky slopes and occasionally on dry ridge tops. In the landscape, this species offers nearly year-round interest and is perfect for naturalizing at the edge of woodlands. It has showy clusters of white flowers in spring. In June, edible berry-like fruit matures to purple-black. Fall leaves turn yellow, orange, apricot or red, giving a colorful show. This genus support up to 119 species of lepidoptera.

Bloom Table Text:

NCBG Location:

Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 4
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 9
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
222	HORT		Liloia	View
388	HORT	2006-01-01	NCBG staff	View
1291	HORT	2006-05-16		View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
223	2011-0051	2011-03-17	222	View
384	2011-0275	2011-12-19	388	View
767	1985-0420			View
2254	1986-2077			View
3804	1991-0499			View
4506	1992-0662			View
4801	1993-0092			View
4901	1995-0019			View
5054	1995-0173			View
5815	1995-0942			View
5937	1995-1066			View
6956	1998-0165			View
8555	2006-0133	2006-07-24		View
8604	2006-0184	2006-08-18		View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
458	223	17	Liloia	2011-03-10	View
459	223	15	Liloia	2011-03-10	View
460	223	29	Liloia	2011-05-01	View
461	223	32	Liloia	2011-05-01	View
462	223	31	Liloia	2011-05-01	View
919	384	15	Liloia	2011-11-20	View
920	384	48	NCBG staff	2013-04-10	View
1482	767	198	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
3921	2254	95	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
6113	3804	199	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
6834	4506	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7173	4801	1	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
7320	4901	202	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7473	5054	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8329	5815	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
8498	5937	2	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
9821	6956	165	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
12170	384	20	Liloia	2013-08-13	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: AMAR3
USDA Common Name: Common Serviceberry
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree, Shrub

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU		FACU		FAC	FACU		FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Amelanchier arborea
COMMON NAME: Downy Serviceberry
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K2, Pa, Va, W; > A. arborea var. arborea - K1, RAB, Z; > A. arborea var. alabamensis (Britton) G.N. Jones - K, Z; > A. arborea var. austromontana (W.W. Ashe) H.E. Ahles - K1, RAB, Z; > A. canadensis - S, misapplied; > A. alabamensis Britton - S; < A. arborea - WH3]
PHENOLOGY: Mar-May; May-Aug.
HABITAT: Dry to moist forests, seepage and depression wetlands.
COMMENTS: NS west to MN, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX (Holmes, Singhurst, & Loos 2014).
RANGE MAP:

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Rosaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Rose Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate.
REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Amelanchier Medik. (Serviceberry)
SUMMARY: (Serviceberry, Sarvis, Shadbush, Juneberry, May Cherry, Currant)
REFERENCE: Campbell, Dibble, Frye, & Burgess in FNA (in press); Robertson (1974)=Z; Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004). Key adapted from FNA.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Amelanchier arborea in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Amelanchier arborea in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Amelanchier arborea in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Amelanchier arborea in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Amelanchier arborea in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Amelanchier arborea

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 8706 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 8706 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 7249 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 8706 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)