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common serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

The common serviceberry is a small tree that produces sweet, tasty berries. In spring, it blooms with beautiful white flowers that attract bees and butterflies!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The common serviceberry has delicate white flowers that appear in early spring before its leaves fully emerge, sometimes with a hint of pink. Its small, round berries ripen from red to dark purple, resembling blueberries. The bark is smooth and gray, and its leaves turn vibrant orange-red in fall.

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common serviceberry

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its incredibly strong wood was historically used to make tool handles and even archery bows!

Its name comes from blooming when roads thawed, allowing travel for spring church services!

Native Americans used the serviceberry's bark and roots to make traditional medicines.

The berries look just like blueberries, but they grow on a tree, not a bush!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Spring Awakener

Common serviceberry can bloom very early in spring, providing crucial nectar and pollen for hungry pollinators when few other plants are flowering.

Fähigkeit

Berry Banquet

Common serviceberry has sweet, edible berries that attract a wide variety of birds and mammals, helping to spread its seeds far and wide.

Fähigkeit

Colorful Camouflage

Common serviceberry has leaves that turn brilliant orange and red in the fall, blending into autumn forests and signaling the change of seasons.

Maße und Details

Höhe
450-1370 cm
Ausbreitung
300-600 cm
Blütengröße
1-2 cm
Blütezeit
Early spring
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

collects nectar and pollen from flowers

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

enjoys the ripe, sweet berries

eaten by

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

feasts on the abundant summer fruits

eaten by

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

browses on young twigs and leaves

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Shadbush

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always ask an adult before picking and eating berries from trees.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common serviceberry?

450-1370 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common serviceberry?

300-600 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von common serviceberry?

1-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von common serviceberry?

Early spring

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common serviceberry?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common serviceberry?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common serviceberry?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common serviceberry?

Insekten

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