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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!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Spring Awakener

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

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

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.

Medidas y detalles

Altura
450-1370 cm
Extensión
300-600 cm
Tamaño de la flor
1-2 cm
Temporada de floración
Early spring
Comestible
Toxicidad
Ninguna
Ciclo de vida
Perenne
Método de polinización
Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

También conocido como

Shadbush

Colecciones

Seguridad

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el altura de common serviceberry?

450-1370 cm

¿Cuál es el extensión de common serviceberry?

300-600 cm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la flor de common serviceberry?

1-2 cm

¿Cuál es el temporada de floración de common serviceberry?

Early spring

¿Cuál es el comestible de common serviceberry?

¿Cuál es el toxicidad de common serviceberry?

Ninguna

¿Cuál es el ciclo de vida de common serviceberry?

Perenne

¿Cuál es el método de polinización de common serviceberry?

Insectos

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