Characteristics

USDA Hardiness zone ^Help 2-7
Life cycle Perennial
Light requirement Full sun, partial sun/shade
Water requirement Moist
Soil type Light (sandy), medium, heavy (clay)
Leaves Deciduous
Height 4.0
Layer Shrubs
Utility Animal feed
Edible true
Edible parts Fruit
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier_alnifolia
Growth Medium
Alternate name Serviceberry, shadbush, juneberry, saskatoon serviceberry, alderleaf serviceberry, dwarf service-berry, saskatoon berry, service berry [1-4]
Family Rosaceae
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Saskatoon berry

Amelanchier alnifolia

Water requirement

Moist

Light requirement Full sun, partial sun/shade

USDA Hardiness zone

2-7

Layer

Shrubs

Life cycle

Perennial

Description

Amelanchier alnifolia is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north-central United States.