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Amelanchier arborea
Downy Serviceberry is a deciduous, flowering tree with medium-fine texture, narrow-rounded crown and a medium growth rate. It blooms in early April with clusters of pendulous white flowers. Individual flowers are one inch in diameter with five narrow petals. Summer fruit are berry-like, purplish-blue and edible by humans and birds. Fall color can be good and ranges from yellow to orange or rusty-red. The bark is a pleasing gray color. The fruit ripens in June and is enjoyed by birds.
Zones: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b Moist soils in hardwood forests; often found near streams Native Nebraska and Minnesota, east to Maine, south to Florida and west to Texas
Spotted growing on roadside of Old Mountain Rd near Pigeon Hill entrance to Kennesaw National Battlefield
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