Rosaceae
Common serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Amelanchier
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 樹唐棣, 绒毛唐棣, 树唐棣, 服務莓
- English
- Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tresøtmispel
Synonyms
- Amelanchier alabamensis Britton
- Amelanchier arborea f. nuda (E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.) Rehder
- Amelanchier arborea var. alabamensis (Britton) G.N.Jones
- Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
- Amelanchier arborea var. austromontana (Ashe) H.E.Ahles
- Amelanchier austromontana Ashe
- Amelanchier botryapium Spach
- Amelanchier canadensis Darl.
- Amelanchier canadensis f. nuda E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Amelanchier canadensis subvar. tomentula (Sarg.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Amelanchier canadensis var. tomentula Sarg.
- Amelanchier intermedia Blanch.
- Amelanchier ovalis var. subcordata DC.
- Amelanchier wangenheimiana (Tausch) M.Roem.
- Amelancus canadensis Medik. ex Vollm.
- Aronia arborea Barton
- Aronia botryapium Elliott
- Aronia cordata Raf.
- Aronia nivea J.C.Neumann ex Tausch.
- Aronia subcordata Raf. ex DC.
- Malus microcarpa Raf.
- Mespilus arborea F.Michx.
- Mespilus canadensis Walter
- Mespilus canadensis var. cordata Michx.
- Pyrus botryapium Wangenh.
- Pyrus wangenheimiana Tausch
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.