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Amelanchier alnifolia

Photo by AngelChandler
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Field Notes

Description:

Shrub to 5 m (16 ft) with large showy white flowers, dull-red fruit becoming purple-black; born in drooping to erect clusters. Leaves are simple petiolate, pinnate venation and toothed on top half of margin.

Habitat:

Black Lake Meadows trail

Notes:

Fruit is edible.

Reference Links:

Amelanchier alnifolia, Washington Native Plant Society: Starflower Image Herbarium

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PublishedJuly 13, 2012

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