Index / Search / Amelanchier alnifolia
§1 Plant
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.
vernacular Saskatoon serviceberry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Amelanchier
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 401 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -62 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–140 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–8.4
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 60,051
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- High
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 401 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
California view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yuba 06115
Colorado view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Conejos 08021
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Redwood 27127
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
Montana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Blaine 30005
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oregon view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Sherman 41055
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
South Dakota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 53001
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Douglas 53017
- Ferry 53019
- Franklin 53021
- Garfield 53023
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Lincoln 53043
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMAL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8168485 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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