It is relatively short-lived most will live about 20 years but some have survived to 85. Growth: Saskatoon Serviceberry grows 3-15 ft. Cultivated varieties are grown for larger, sweeter berries, especially in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.ĭistribution of Saskatoon Serviceberry from USDA Plants Databaseĭistribution: Saskatoon Serviceberry is found throughout most of Canada and western North America from Alaska to California in the west reaching eastward in Canada to Quebec to western Colorado and northern Nebraska and Iowa in the United States. Serviceberries hybridize readily making species identification sometimes difficult. humptulipensis was discovered on the Humptulips Prairie in Grays Harbor County, Washington. cusickii from the east side of the Cascades has larger flowers and var. semiintegrifolia (Douglas, quoted in Hitchcock & Cronquist, writes that it is “plentiful about the Grand Rapids, and at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and on the high ground of the Multnomak (sic) River. Notable varieties in the west include var. In some literature, Saskatoon Serviceberry is listed as Amelanchier florida. Most are native to North America with two in Asia and one in Europe.
Relationships: There are about 20 species of Amelanchier, all shrubs or small trees.
The origin of the generic name Amelanchier is derived from the French name of the European species, Amelanchier ovalis. The name “serviceberry” apparently comes from the similarity of the fruit to the related European Sorbus. The city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was named after the berry. Saskatoon comes from the Cree word for Serviceberry. Historically it was also called “pigeon berry.” In some regions, serviceberry is pronounced “sarvis”-berry. It is also known as Juneberry, or Western Serviceberry. Names: Saskatoon Serviceberry is a combination of two of its most familiar common names. Saskatoon Serviceberry The Rose Family–Rosaceae Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nut.
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