Rosaceae
Allegheny serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Amelanchier
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Amelanchier laevisRosaceae
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 平滑唐棣, 光滑服務莓
- Danish
- Allegheny-Bærmispel
- Dutch
- Drents krentenboompje
- English
- Allegheny serviceberry, Currant tree, Smooth serviceberry, Smooth shadbush, Allegheny shadblow
- Estonian
- Sile toompihlakas
- Finnish
- Sirotuomipihlaja
- hsb
- Nahi muchownik
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Glattblåhegg
- Swedish
- Kopparhäggmispel, Crataegus laevis
Synonyms
- Amelanchier arborea subsp. laevis (Wiegand) S.M.McKay ex P.Landry
- Amelanchier arborea var. cordifolia (Ashe) B.Boivin
- Amelanchier arborea var. laevis (Wiegand) H.E.Ahles
- Amelanchier botryapium G.B.Emers.
- Amelanchier canadensis Torr. & A.Gray
- Amelanchier laevis f. nitida Wiegand
- Amelanchier laevis f. villosa Ter Pelkwijk
- Amelanchier laevis var. cordifolia Ashe
- Amelanchier laevis var. laevis
- Amelanchier laevis var. nitida (Wiegand) Fernald
- Pyrus botryapium Bigelow
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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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.