Amelanchier laevisIndiana Native
Allegheny Serviceberry

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (White flowers in nodding fleecy 4" panicles before foliage in spring that last for a few days)
 Foliage Notes:
Bronze (Bronze foliage unfolding in the spring); Green (Green summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Yellow, red-orange, red, to russet gold foliage in fall)
 Stem Notes:
slender, glabrous stems
 Fruit Notes:
Multi-Colored (Black to reddish-purple fruits in early summer; fruits are edible by birds and people)
 Ultimate Height:
15-25 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-20 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Fairly adaptable to soil conditions, but prefers well-drained, acidic soils
 Range:
Eastern United States
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, serrated leaves (1.25-3" long) lack pubescence (Amelanchier arborea has pubescence on young leaves and tomentose that partly remains), and have short acuminate tips. Base subcordate or rounded. Long narrow buds (0.5") are green tinged in red, ciliate with silky white hairs. Smooth, light gray trunks, lightly striped.

Additional Information

An excellent small tree for naturalizing and for very early, but short-lived, bloom. Fruits are edible and a prime source of food for birds. Can produce fruit by apomixis. Subject to the troubles of Rosaceous plants in general, including fire-blight and mites, which can be controlled, usually quite easily.

When Amelanchier laevis has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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99 Amelanchier laevis found

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Number Accession ID Location
12010_12101*AHOCK
22012_01260*CAR
32012_01029*AOWEN
42010_01309*AOWEN
52015_00792*AKRCH
62015_00790*AKRCH
7ORIG_9513*AVAWT
82010_00427*ACARY
92015_00791*AKRCH
102010_00429*ACARY
112018_01048*ADLR
122018_01051*ADLR
132010_00425*ACARY
14ORIG_9508*AVAWT
15ORIG_6810*AHORT
162015_00793*AKRCH
172015_00794*AKRCH
182018_01047*ADLR
192010_12100*AHOCK
20ORIG_9510*AVAWT
212010_00426*ACARY
222018_01049*ADLR
232018_01050*ADLR
242010_12102*AHOCK
252010_00428*ACARY
262022_00435*BAR
272022_00477*ARSC
282022_00475*ARSC
292022_00474*ARSC
302022_00463*ARSC
312022_00460*ARSC
322022_00459*ARSC
332023_00083*ALYNN
342023_00083*BLYNN
352023_00083*CLYNN
362023_00135*APUSH
372023_00135*BPUSH
382023_00184*AHORTPARK
392023_00289*APICK
402023_00289*BPICK
412023_00289*CPICK
422023_00289*EPICK
432023_00289*FPICK
442023_00289*GPICK
452023_00289*HPICK
462023_00289*IPICK
472023_00289*JPICK
482023_00334*APICK
492023_00334*BPICK
502023_00334*CPICK
512023_00334*DPICK
522023_00334*EPICK
532023_00334*FPICK
542023_00334*GPICK
552023_00334*HPICK
562023_00334*IPICK
572023_00334*JPICK
582023_00334*KPICK
592023_00334*LPICK
602023_00334*MPICK
612023_00334*NPICK
622023_00334*OPICK
632023_00366*AADPC
642023_00366*BADPC
652023_00366*CADPC
662023_00366*DADPC
672023_00366*EADPB
682023_00393*AADPB
692023_00393*B
702023_00393*CADPB
712023_00393*DADPB
722023_00393*EADPB
732023_00393*FADPB
742023_00469*BLYNN
752015_02459*E2550
762015_02459*S2550
772015_02469*A2550
782023_00729*A2550
792015_02469*B2550
802024_00069*AHORTPARK
812024_00069*BHORTPARK
822024_00069*CHORTPARK
832024_00069*DHORTPARK
842024_00069*EHORTPARK
852024_00069*FHORTPARK
862024_00069*GHORTPARK
872024_00069*HHORTPARK
882024_00069*IHORTPARK
892024_00069*JHORTPARK
902024_00069*KHORTPARK
912024_00069*LHORTPARK
922024_00069*MHORTPARK
932024_00069*NHORTPARK
942024_00069*OHORTPARK
952024_00069*PHORTPARK
962024_00069*QHORTPARK
972024_00069*RHORTPARK
982024_00069*SHORTPARK
992024_00069*THORTPARK

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