Amelanchier alnifolia serviceberry (Saskatoon)
ROSE Family
Habitat: In moister shrub-steppe gullies and ravines and at edge of talus slopes, up to dry open forests and rocky sites from low to subalpine elevations.
Grows Up to 30 feet tall
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- Flowers: 5 petals, white, showy, linear to oblong petals. In short leafy clusters of 3-20 flowers at branch tips
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- Smooth with bark grey to red. Spreads with underground stems forming dense colony
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- Fruits: purple to nearly black, ap
