North Carolina Wildflowers

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Rosaceae > Amelanchier

Smooth Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) Smooth Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006

Found in the mountains in NC, this taxon is often treated as Amelanchier arborea var. laevis

Smooth Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) Smooth Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006

Note the round red fruits and leaves with acute tips and variable (but mostly rounded to subcordate) bases.


Eastern Serviceberry, Canada Serviceberry, Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Eastern Serviceberry, Canada Serviceberry, Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Bladen Co., NC
25 Mar 2007

Eastern Serviceberry grows in the eastern half on North Carolina in pocosins and nearby habitats.

Eastern Serviceberry, Canada Serviceberry, Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Eastern Serviceberry, Canada Serviceberry, Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Bladen Co., NC
25 Mar 2007

Eastern Serviceberry, Canada Serviceberry, Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Eastern Serviceberry, Canada Serviceberry, Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Bladen Co., NC
25 Mar 2007

Eastern Serviceberry is a small tree and does not grow from rhizomes.


Coastal Serviceberry, Coastal Juneberry (Amelanchier obovalis) Coastal Serviceberry, Coastal Juneberry (Amelanchier obovalis)
Bladen Co., NC
25 Mar 2007

Coastal Serviceberry grows in various habitats primarily in the coastal plain in North Carolina.

Coastal Serviceberry, Coastal Juneberry (Amelanchier obovalis) Coastal Serviceberry, Coastal Juneberry (Amelanchier obovalis)
Bladen Co., NC
25 Mar 2007

Coastal Serviceberry is a small shrub spreading via rhizomes, so it's often found growing in a line or cluster.


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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