Rosaceae
Canadian serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Amelanchier
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Common names
By language (22)
- Azerbaijani
- Kanada irqası
- Belarusian
- Ірга канадская
- Bulgarian
- Канадска ирга
- Catalan
- Irga canadenca o amelancer canadenc
- Chinese
- 加拿大唐棣, 加拿大服務莓
- Danish
- Canadisk bærmispel
- Dutch
- Canadees krentenboompje
- English
- Canadian serviceberry, Eastern serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadblow serviceberry, Shadbush, Canada serviceberry, Serviceberry, Shadblow
- Estonian
- Kanada toompihlakas
- Finnish
- Ruotsintuomipihlaja
- French
- Amélanchier du Canada, Amélanchier canadien
- German
- Kanadische Felsenbirne
- hsb
- Kanadiski muchownik
- Hungarian
- Kanadai fanyarka
- Indonesian
- Melangkir kanada
- Japanese
- ジューンベリー, アメリカザイフリボク
- Latvian
- Vārpainā korinte
- Russian
- Ирга канадская
- Slovenian
- Kanadska šmarna hrušica
- Spanish
- Guillomo canadiense, Guillomo del Canada, Guillomo del Canadá
- Swedish
- Svensk häggmispel, Kanadensisk häggmispel
- Ukrainian
- Ірга канадська
Synonyms
- Amelanchier austromontana Fernald
- Amelanchier botryapium (L.f.) Borkh.
- Amelanchier botryapium unranked lancifolia Simon-Louis ex Zabel
- Amelanchier botryapium var. conferta Farw.
- Amelanchier botryapium var. obovalis Farw.
- Amelanchier canadensis subvar. lancifolia (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn.
- Amelanchier canadensis unranked grandiflora Zabel
- Amelanchier canadensis unranked lancifolia Dippel
- Amelanchier canadensis var. alnifolia Farw.
- Amelanchier canadensis var. botryapium (L.f.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Amelanchier canadensis var. canadensis
- Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia Torr. & A.Gray
- Amelanchier canadensis var. ovalis G.B.Emers.
- Amelanchier canadensis var. semi-integrifolia Farw.
- Amelanchier canadensis var. subintegra Fernald
- Amelanchier lancifolia Zabel
- Amelanchier longifolia M.Roem. ex Stapf
- Amelanchier lucida (Fernald) Fernald
- Amelanchier neumanniana (Tausch) M.Roem.
- Amelanchier oblongifera Ashe
- Amelanchier oblongifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) M.Roem.
- Amelanchier oblongifolia var. walteri M.Roem.
- Amelanchier ovalis G.B.Emers.
- Amelanchier sera Ashe
- Amelanchier spicata Decne.
- Amelanchier stolonifera var. lucida Fernald
- Aronia affinis J.C.Neumann ex Tausch.
- Aronia botryapium (L.f.) Pers.
- Aronia botryapium var. racemosa (Lam.) Pers.
- Aronia canadensis (L.) Farw.
- Aronia latifolia Riddell
- Aronia ovalis Elliott
- Crataegus amoena Salisb.
- Crataegus racemosa Lam.
- Mespilus amelanchier var. canadensis (L.) Castigl.
- Mespilus amelanchier var. nivea (Marshall) Castigl.
- Mespilus arbutifolia var. virginiana (Mill.) Castigl.
- Mespilus canadensis L.
- Mespilus glabra Nutt. ex Hook.
- Mespilus nivea Marshall
and 6 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 3,373 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- 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
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, 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.