Downy Serviceberry
Amelachier arborea
Rosaceae (Rose Family)
▲▼ flowering trees in Missouri
▲ smooth, gray trunks on young trees
▲▼ flowers
▲ leaves
▲▼ fall color
Location on campus: southeast of Plaster Student Union
Amelanchier arborea:
Downy Serviceberry
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leaves alternate, simple, deciduous, ovate with serrate margins; glossy green
above and slightly pubescent underneath and reddish in color when first
emerging; 1-3" long and
2
to 3/4 as wide; may have orange to red fall color
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stems slender, olive green to red brown, glabrous with grayish
"skin";
pith green and small; terminal buds long, pointed
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bark is smooth, gray when young, becoming more fissured with age
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grows 15-25' tall with rounded crown; often multi-trunked
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flowers are white in terminal panicles in early to mid-spring before the flowers
emerge
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fruit is a red to purplish black pome
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prefers full sun to moderate shade and moist, well-drained, acid soil; but
fairly soil-tolerant
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can get rust disease and some leaf spot diseases that can cause early
defoliation
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medium growth rate