Flower ID: IMG_1541.JPG-05-22-2019 Flower name (scientific): Amelanchier arborea (François Michaux) Fernald PY: 1941. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) am-uh-LAN-kee-er ar-bor-EE-ah Flower name (common): Downy Serviceberry Family name (common): Rose Family name (scientific): Rosaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the French amelancier, Provençal name for one of the species. Specific epithet: From the Latin for tree-like, branched, tending to be woody. Common name origin: Downy means covered in soft hairs, and serviceberry comes from the similarity of the fruit to the Service (Pyrus domestica), a forgotten English fruit. Flower description: Size: 0.9 to 1.1 inches (2.3 to 2.8 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Raceme Plant description: Size: 180 to 300 inches (4.6 to 7.6 m) Stem hairy: Twigs glabrous. Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple. Leaf petioles up to 2 to 3 cm long, leaf margins serrulate. Size: Leaves up to 10 cm long and up to 5 cm wide. Color: Medium green and may be partially bronze colored. Hairy: The upper surface of young leaves sparsely hairy becoming glabrous with age, the lower surface densely to sparsely covered with woolly hairs, becoming glabrous or sparsely hairy with age. Other: Shape: leaf, ovate to obovate (FNA). Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): April to May Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woods, forests, fields, meadows, sun or part shade. Fruit: Pomes are 6 to 10 mm in diameter and red to reddish-purple in color. Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Related species Amelanchier interior (Inland Serviceberry) and Amelanchier laevis (Smooth Serviceberry) are similar. The younger leaves of Amelanchier arborea are rather hairy particularly on the lower side. A. interior and A. laevis having leaves that are either sparsely hairy or hairless. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. Used as an antidiarrheal by the Cherokee and a venereal aid by the Iroquois. The Cherokee used the berries as a food source (Moerman, pp. 68-69, 1998). Latitude: 44.800002 Longitude: -91.506767 Altitude: 266.60 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Burnett, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Taylor, Vilas, Washburn, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (NB, NS, ON, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Christopher S. Campbell, Michael B. Burgess, Kevin R. Cushman, Eric T. Doucette, Alison C. Dibble, Christopher T. Frye, In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico [Online]. 22+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 9. http://floranorthamerica.org/Amelanchier_arborea. Accessed [10-08-2021]. Synonym(s): Basionym: Mespilus arborea François Michaux in Hist. Arbr. Forest. 3: 68 (1810). Homotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 1 homotypic synonym for this species. Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 24 heterotypic synonyms for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU