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Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald
common serviceberry
       
Symbol:   AMAR3  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Rosaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

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Distribution:
Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
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)
 

Related Taxa:
Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 20 species in Amelanchier or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald var. alabamensis (Britton) G.N. Jones. .
Amelanchier arborea var. alabamensis
Alabama serviceberry
Distribution of Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald var. arborea. .
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
common serviceberry
Distribution of Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald var. austromontana (Ashe) H.E. Ahles. .
Amelanchier arborea var. austromontana
downy serviceberry
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Amelanchier Medik. – serviceberry
Species Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald – common serviceberry
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FAC- FACU FACU NO FAC FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

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View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25110.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
 

Related Web Sites:
Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald

AL-Auburn University Horticulture (Plant Identification)

Amelanchier Systematics and Evolution (Univ. of Maine)

CT-Connecticut Botanical Society images

CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database

FL-USDA Forest Service (UofFL)

MI-Michigan State University Extension

MO-MBG Plant Finder

NC-NCSU Plant Fact Sheet

NC-North Carolina Botanical Garden

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

UK-Plants For A Future

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

WI-Plant of the Month abstract & images
 
 
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