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Downy Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Photo by QWMom
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Field Notes

Description:

Downy Serviceberry is a deciduous, flowering tree with medium-fine texture, narrow-rounded crown and a medium growth rate. It blooms in early April with clusters of pendulous white flowers. Individual flowers are one inch in diameter with five narrow petals. Summer fruit are berry-like, purplish-blue and edible by humans and birds. Fall color can be good and ranges from yellow to orange or rusty-red. The bark is a pleasing gray color.
The fruit ripens in June and is enjoyed by birds.

Habitat:

Zones:

7a, 7b, 8a, 8b

Moist soils in hardwood forests; often found near streams
Native Nebraska and Minnesota, east to Maine, south to Florida and west to Texas

Notes:

Spotted growing on roadside of Old Mountain Rd near Pigeon Hill entrance to Kennesaw National Battlefield

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