Burke: Amelanchier alnifolia vs. Amelanchier fernaldii

	Amelanchier alnifolia	Amelanchier fernaldii
	saskatoon, serviceberry
Habit	Low and spreading shrubs to small trees, mostly 1-5 m. tall, the young branches reddish-brown, eventually gray barked.
Leaves	Leaves with slender petioles 10-20 mm. long, the blades oval to oblong, 2-4 cm. long and from to nearly as broad, wedge-shaped to sub-cordate at the base, rounded at the tip, usually gray-pubescent on the lower surface.
Flowers	Flowers 3-20 in short racemes, the lowest from leaf axils, the upper from gray bracts; pedicels slender, ascending, 5-10 mm. long; calyx lobes 5, triangular, 1.5-3.5 mm. long; petals 5, white, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 10-20 mm. long and 2-6 mm. broad; stamens 12-20; styles usually 5.
Fruits	Ovary inferior; fruit globose, often glaucous, dark purplish, juicy, 10-14 mm. long.

	Amelanchier alnifolia	Amelanchier fernaldii
Flowering time	April-July
Habitat	Open woods, canyons and hillsides, sea level to subalpine.
Distribution	Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	[BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	A. utahensis	A. alnifolia, A. utahensis
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Amelanchier alnifolia

Amelanchier fernaldii

saskatoon, serviceberry

Habit

Low and spreading shrubs to small trees, mostly 1-5 m. tall, the young branches reddish-brown, eventually gray barked.

Leaves

Leaves with slender petioles 10-20 mm. long, the blades oval to oblong, 2-4 cm. long and from to nearly as broad, wedge-shaped to sub-cordate at the base, rounded at the tip, usually gray-pubescent on the lower surface.

Flowers

Flowers 3-20 in short racemes, the lowest from leaf axils, the upper from gray bracts;

pedicels slender, ascending, 5-10 mm. long;

calyx lobes 5, triangular, 1.5-3.5 mm. long;

petals 5, white, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 10-20 mm. long and 2-6 mm. broad;

stamens 12-20;

styles usually 5.

Fruits

Ovary inferior;

fruit globose, often glaucous, dark purplish, juicy, 10-14 mm. long.