Index / Search / Amelanchier laevis
§1 Plant
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand
vernacular Allegheny 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 422 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 35 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 84,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 422 counties across 21 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dubois 18037
- Grant 18053
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Martin 18101
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Olmsted 27109
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Madison 47113
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMLA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3023832 ↗Record version
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