| Description | Dwarf Serviceberry (Amelanchier spicata) forms dense, low thickets through the production of many upright shoots from the underground stems. White flowers followed by edible berries. |
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| Pronunciation | (am-e-LANG-key-er) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Sunlight | best in mostly sunny sites with some shade, will tolerate hot sunny areas |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | moist well drained soils |
| Flowers | white, borne in dense erect racemes, end of April before the leaves have appeared. |
| Fruit | reddish fruit, which turns deep purple-black when ripe, attracts birds, edible |
| Leaves | simple, opposite, emerge as a grayish bronze color changing to green, excellent fall color: yellows, reds and oranges. fine teeth |
| Stems | running rhizomes, suckers forming thickets, bark smooth on young stems, ashy-gray |
| Roots | many times listed as having rhizomatous or stoloniferous roots which is botanically in correct since stolons and rhizomes are modified stems |
| Propagation | division, cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to many northern states and Canada |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Dwarf Shadbush, Running Serviceberry, Creeping Juneberry, Thicket Shadbush, Pigeon Berry |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), Friends of the Wild Flower Garden (www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/) |
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