Amelanchier humilis, commonly known as the low shadbush, is a North American species of serviceberry. It is native to central Canada (from Saskatchewan to Québec) and the northeastern and north-central United States (from Nebraska and the Dakotas east as far as Vermont and New Jersey).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Low 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 stolonifera
- Amelanchier sanguinea
- Amelanchier interior
- Amelanchier alnifolia
- Amelanchier canadensis
- Amelanchier cusickii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Amelanchier
- Species
- Amelanchier humilis
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