Common Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

(F.Michx.) Fernald Species

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Botanical name
Amelanchier arborea
Also known as
Allegheny Serviceberry, Apple Shadbush, Common Serviceberry, Downy Juneberry, Downy Serviceberry, Downy Shadbush, Juneberry, Shadblow
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Amelanchier
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Serviceberry

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Amelanchier arborea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Amelanchier alabamensis Amelanchier arborea f. nuda Amelanchier arborea var. alabamensis Amelanchier arborea var. arborea Amelanchier arborea var. austromontana Amelanchier austromontana Amelanchier botryapium Amelanchier canadensis Amelanchier canadensis f. nuda Amelanchier canadensis subvar. tomentula Amelanchier canadensis var. tomentula Amelanchier intermedia Amelanchier ovalis var. subcordata Amelanchier wangenheimiana Amelancus canadensis Aronia arborea Aronia botryapium Aronia cordata Aronia nivea Aronia subcordata Malus microcarpa Mespilus arborea Mespilus canadensis Mespilus canadensis var. cordata Pyrus botryapium Pyrus wangenheimiana

Others in Amelanchier

Amelanchier × intermedia
Amelanchier × lamarckii
Snowy mespilus
Amelanchier amabilis
Beautiful Serviceberry
Amelanchier × neglecta
Amelanchier alnifolia
Saskatoon Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia
Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila
Amelanchier alnifolia var. semi-integrifolia

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