      
Taxon: Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.
Genus: Amelanchier
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Amygdaloideae tribe: Maleae subtribe: Malinae.
Nomen number: 2870
Place of publication: Fam. nat. syn. monogr. 3:147. 1847 (T. Nuttall, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7:22. 1834, nom. nud.)
Name verified on: 09-Dec-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Feb-2012
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions:
53 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
See also subordinate taxa:
- alder-leaf shadbush (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia]
- dwarf shadbush (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila]
- juneberry (Source: Trees US
) – English
- Pacific serviceberry (Source: Trees US
) – English
- saskatoon (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia]
- saskatoon (Source: Glea Cron ed2
) – English
- saskatoon serviceberry (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia]
- saskatoon serviceberry (Source: Trees US
) – English
- saskatoon-berry (Source: F Canada
) – English
- saskatoon-berry (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia]
- western juneberry (Source: Mansf Ency
) – English
- western serviceberry (Source: Trees US
) – English
- western shadbush (Source: Trees US
) – English
- amélanchier à feuilles d'aulne (Source: F NAmer
) – French [Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia]
- erlenblättrige Felsenbirne (Source: Zander Ency
) – German
- Environmental: erosion control (for riparian areas, reclamation, and shelterbelts fide Dict Gard)
- Environmental: revegetator (for riparian areas, reclamation, and shelterbelts fide Dict Gard)
- Environmental: shade/shelter (for riparian areas, reclamation, and shelterbelts fide Dict Gard)
- Human food: fruit (fide Food Feed Crops US; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
- Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
- More:
Native: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- NORTHERN AMERICA
(Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory [s.w.], Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec [w.]
Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Iowa [n.], Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Utah
Cultivated:
- Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa.
1994. The vascular plants of Iowa.
- Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
[lists as A. alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.].
- Englert, J. M. et al.
1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
- Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
[lists as A. alnifolia Nutt.].
- Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
- Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
[lists as A. alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.].
- Hitchcock, C. L. et al.
1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
[lists as A. alnifolia Nutt.].
- Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
[lists as A. alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.].
- IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
- Kartesz, J. T. & K. N. Gandhi.
1992. Nomenclatural notes for the North American flora. XI.
Phytologia
73:129.
- Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
[with four varieties].
- Landry, P.
1975. Le concept d'espèce et la taxinomie du genre Amelanchier (Rosacées).
Bull. Soc. Bot. France
122:249. [= A. sanguinea var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Landry].
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
- Little, E. L., Jr.
1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
[lists as A. alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.].
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association).
1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
[lists as A. alnifolia Nutt.].
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer.
1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2.
[lists as A. alnifolia Nutt.].
- Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
- Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley.
1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas.
- Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody.
1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada.
[lists as A. alnifolia Nutt.].
- Scoggan, H. J.
1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
[lists as A. alnifolia Nutt.].
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986–. European garden flora.
- Welsh, S. L. et al.
1993. A Utah flora.
[lists as A. alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt.].
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.:
Images:
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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