{"id":861,"date":"2022-08-01T01:16:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T01:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/?p=861"},"modified":"2022-08-01T01:16:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T01:16:35","slug":"saskatoon-serviceberry-amelanchier-alnifolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/saskatoon-serviceberry-amelanchier-alnifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatoon Serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Amelanchier genus consists of small deciduous trees or large shrubs with small blackcurrant-sized fruit. Several species are excellent to eat raw, tasting like a blueberry with a hint of almond or apple flavour from the seeds. The fruit ripens in mid-summer and is soft and juicy with a few small seeds in the centre. The fruit is cooked and used in pies and jams or dried and used as raisins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Saskatoon Serviceberry Edible?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Saskatoon (A. alnifolia) <\/strong>grows to 4m (12ft). The fruit has a lovely sweet, nutty flavour and is rich in iron and copper. Make a tea from the leaves. Use for erosion control and as a windbreak. Fairly lime tolerant and grows well in heavy clay soils. Heat tolerant in zones 8 through 3. Juneberry (A. lamarckii)grows to 6m (20ft)<\/strong>. The fruit is sweet and succulent with an apple flavour. One of the most agreeable fruits in the genus, they can be eaten and enjoyed in quantity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Uses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Self-fertile \u2022 Wildlife \u2022 Nectary \u2022 Hedge \u2022 Erosion control \u2022 Windbreak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Rosaceae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known Hazards:<\/strong>\u00a0None known<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitats:<\/strong>\u00a0Thickets, woodland edges and banks of streams in moist, well-drained soils. Small bushy forms grow on fairly dry hillsides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edibility Rating:<\/strong>\u00a05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Uses:<\/strong>\u00a03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weed Potential:<\/strong> None Known<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medicinal Rating:<\/strong>\u00a02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on Saskatoon Serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia<\/a><\/strong> in the PFAF Database<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/pfaf.org\/user\/plant.aspx?latinname=Amelanchier+alnifolia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Native<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Amelanchier genus consists of small deciduous trees or large shrubs with small blackcurrant-sized fruit. Several species are excellent to eat raw, tasting like a blueberry with a hint of almond or apple flavour from the seeds. The fruit ripens in mid-summer and is soft and juicy with a few small seeds in the centre. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edible-shrubs","category-forest-gardening","category-plants"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaf.org\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}