Index / Search / Amelanchier sanguinea
§1 Plant
Amelanchier sanguinea (Pursh) DC.
vernacular roundleaf 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
§2b
County-level range
· 304 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.2
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 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
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- 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
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 304 counties across 22 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
Minnesota view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMSA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3023840 ↗Record version
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