29+ Wild Serviceberry Bush

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Wild serviceberry bush. The serviceberries have many common names. If you prefer a small tree prune it to create a central leader to serve as the main trunk. This species grows best in moist soils with proper drainage. Text and photos by sarah coulber. And it just so happens that they look good too. Their white to pinkish white flowers are some of the first to appear in spring. Serviceberries are also important plants for the larvae of certain butterflies such as tiger butterflies viceroy admirals and others.

Their berries edible by humans and wildlife alike resemble blueberries in size and color but taste sweeter. The allegheny serviceberry may form into multiple trunks and is one of the tallest amelanchier species. There are 20 species of serviceberries including downy serviceberry canadian serviceberry and allegheny serviceberry. They can be shrub like to tree sized. With its springtime blooms and summer fruit serviceberries have much to offer canadian birds and beneficial insects. There are many species within this group. Serviceberries known to plant buffs as the latin.

Of the about 30 species in serviceberry s genus most are native to north america and still range freely in their native habitats. A common understory tree in the southeastern forests of the u s serviceberry is found in the wild from louisiana to newfoundland and as far west as washington.