Plant Description
Deciduous multistemmed shrub - tree, 6 to 20 feet tall; leaves alternate, simple, elliptic to oblong, with fine teeth along the margins; flowers white, 5-parted, in an unbranched cluster March to April just before the leaves unfold; fruit a small red to purplish black, edible pome.

Amelanchier canadensis, Serviceberry

All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell.

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