Amelanchier canadensis (also known as Canadian serviceberry, thicket serviceberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush serviceberry, shadbush, bilberry, juneberry, sarvis, sugarplum, currant-tree) is a species of Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United States from Maine south to Alabama. It is largely restricted to wet sites, particularly on the Atlantic coastal plain, growing at altitudes from sea level up to 200 m.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Canadian serviceberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Amelanchier arborea
- Amelanchier stolonifera
- Amelanchier interior
- Amelanchier sanguinea
- Amelanchier laevis
- Amelanchier humilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Amelanchier
- Species
- Amelanchier canadensis
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