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Amelanchier canadensis

Shrub

HomeShrubAmelanchier canadensis

Swamps, low ground, woods and thickets. Grows in woods and hedgerows in Britain.

Family: Rosaceae
Height: 6 m / 20 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 4 of 5

Native Habitat

Juneberry, Canadian serviceberry, Serviceberry Downy, Shadblow, Shadbush, Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis native habitat is Swamps, low ground, woods and thickets. Grows in woods and hedgerows in Britain.

Edible Uses

Edible fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit contains a few small seeds at the centre, it has a sweet flavour with a hint of apple. It can be eaten out of hand, used in pies, preserves etc or dried and used like raisins. We have found the fruit to be of variable quality, with some forms having a distinct bitterness in the flavour whilst others are sweet, juicy and delicious. When the fruit is thoroughly cooked in puddings or pies the seed imparts an almond flavour to the food. The fruit is rich in iron and copper. It is about 10mm in diameter. Trees can yield 7 to 15 tonnes per hectare.

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